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Posted by Backcountry (Guest) on January 18, 2007 at 4:39:50 am EST
In reply to Re: Soft Shell Jackets and Warmth! posted by Brian in SLC on January 12, 2007 at 5:08:49 pm EST

Well the UK is often wet and windy (similar to Seattle) so Gore-Tex/Event is more important here than in Continental Europe or the US climate; However, soft-shell works well when the rain stops, the wind-resistence making up for the reduce warmth compared with a pile jacket (you may as well be wearing a string-vest).

IMHO, the best soft-shells are snow/shower resistent pertex-outer with micro-fiber inner - they are much lighter, repellant and breatheable than Gore Windstopper garments. I also use mine over other micro-fleece layers for snowboarding. The comfort-level is much higher than thermal boarding jackets or event Gore-tex technical jackets.

The type I've tried are simply tight-weave polyester and micro-fleece - reasonable showproof but not entirely windproof. This is OK because with mountain biking and climbing, my heat-output is huge and slight air movement helps.

I'll just re-iterate - no soft-shell is a substitute for a Gore-tex shell in UK conditions.

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