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Mar 17, 2017 at 2:05 pm #3457425
New rain jacket from Zpacks found here.
From Zpacks:
- Built from our 3-Layer “Ventum-WBP” waterproof breathable fabric. This material is constructed with a tricot lining to wick moisture away from your skin, a waterproof, vapor permeable membrane in the middle, and 7 denier ripstop nylon on the exterior.
- Incredible 60,000 g/m^2/24hr vapor transfer per test JIS L 1099 Method B1. This breathability rating blows away most other rain gear, including our previous generation fabrics.
- Fully waterproof, 20,000 mm hydrostatic head rating.
- Durable, effective “C6” water repellent on the exterior.
Mar 17, 2017 at 2:34 pm #3457435Paging @richard295 ;)
Mar 17, 2017 at 3:59 pm #3457455If it sounds too good to be true…
Mar 17, 2017 at 4:09 pm #3457458The price tag seems quite high for a rain coat, though if it has that much breathability it would also (hopefully) undoubtedly work great as a wind jacket. If it’s that breathable, pit zips might be redundant. That said, it’s 7D on the outside which makes me question its durability. I have concerns about DWR dependent jackets, though.
At 6+oz and $300 USD, I feel like it would be smarter to opt for one of, say, Luke’s Ultralight rain jackets for less weight and significantly less cost. A Norvan SL Rain Jacket by Arc’teryx comes in at a similar price point and is 2oz less; less “features” but doesn’t rely on DWR so probably has more long-term usability.
That said.. If I had that much disposable cash, I’d definitely give it a go. But, being Canadian the exchange and shipping kicks me in the nuts very, very hard so I don’t see that being a realistic scenario any time soon.
Mar 17, 2017 at 5:01 pm #3457475Ditto on paging “@richard295.” I thought this jacket was supposed to made form the RBTR Micro 10 material.
Mar 17, 2017 at 8:57 pm #3457550Yeah, it’s clearly not the Micro10 material, which is not 3-layer (and obviously has different specs). Seems to be something entirely new.
Anyway, personally, I’m feeling entirely done with buying any DWR-dependent raingear. With things finally moving away from that direction, it’s just stopped making any sense to me to drop a bunch of money on something that’s just going to wetout and become as useless as any other cheap jacket.
Mar 18, 2017 at 8:55 am #3457605$300.00 is a lot to pay for a rain jacket. If I’m gonna pay that, I feel like I should put that money toward a company with a lifetime guarantee like Outdoor Research.
The permanent beading surface jackets are interesting, but either too fragile (Norvan SL ) or apparently not breathable enough (Columbia Outdry)
Mar 18, 2017 at 8:41 pm #3457780That price tag is a tough pill to swallow. I’ll stick with my 5.8oz Frogg Togg jacket.
Mar 19, 2017 at 5:10 pm #3457975If I’m going cottage, I would take Luke’s stuff over this jacket all day. Either in eVent or Micro10. $130 less is a chunk of change.
Apr 26, 2017 at 4:11 pm #3464983Wow, BPL has gone flat for sure. In BPL heydays, this post would have had roughly 500 interested, skeptical, excited and all other kinds of replies. Wake up people!!
Apr 26, 2017 at 4:24 pm #3464987Actually, 60.000 using the B1-method, isn’t new. In fact, the Flashpoint-fabric used on the 1st gen. Rab Flashpoint-jacket had similar specs.
Sep 20, 2017 at 10:28 am #3492047“The permanent beading surface jackets are interesting, but either too fragile (Norvan SL ) or apparently not breathable enough (Columbia Outdry)”
I’ve got one of each. I do NOT find the Norvan SL to be too fragile and the Columbia Outdry breathes very well.
Mar 7, 2019 at 8:21 am #3582216<p style=”text-align: left;”>I own this jacket and it is far from “waterproof”. It wets in snow and anything from light rain to…?.suffice to say it states retreat it with Grainger’s in the wash. After 3 uses? Give me a break. Worst investment in Zpack I’ve made and would never recommend.</p>
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