Gore-tex

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Anyone use a Gore-tex jacket? Working in cold wet conditions, wearing a regular rain slick, and sweating, it's a good way to get really chilled, I find. The moisture just accumulates, and if I stop moving, the cold seeps into it. Is Gore-tex an improvement in terms of staying dryer=warmer? A good coat is quite expensive, but would like to hear if it's worth it from Treehousers, who might be using one.

I have some boot liners, that's about all I know about Gore-tex.

Thanks!
 
I find the same problem with Gore-tex, just holds the sweat in.
I use polar fleece of wool as my outer layer. And poly pro as the under layer.

I have a polar fleece jacket that has a nylon cover over the shoulders. It sheds some of the water and still lets it breath good.

I like the polar fleece over the wool for the weight savings.
 
I live in Florida so my jacket needs are practically nonexistent, but I've worn gore-tex boots for years. My feet sweat and I used to always have stinky, sweaty feet all day. My feet would get wet in the morning and stay wet all day. But with most gore tex boots, my feet stay dry.

Reddog, I think you have it backwards. Or else the particular jacket you had was mislabeled or poorly designed. Gore-tex isn't a cure all but can be an important component of a well made jacket or boot.
 
sweat tex here.....IMO gortex only performs when the humidity is low from cold air(snow)....
 
Skwerl said:
I used to always have stinky, sweaty feet all day.
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Just curious - do you wear white socks?
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Our winters are very dry, the driest time of the year, except from now into spring, when the snow gets wetter. I'm thinking that a gore-tex coat, and some quick dry undergarments, is maybe the best I can do for myself.

With a regular raincoat and cotton shirts, it gets pretty uncomfortable, and soon I'm throwing off a lot of wet steam from underneath. The Japs endure anything, it blows my mind to work with these people. When working in the severest winter conditions, mostly they just wear a nylon anorak, some cotton gloves, and unlined rubber boots. When they get home, they drink like fiends. They're nuts.
 
the gore tex fabric as a jacket should be the outer layer so if you use a raincoat on top of it you loose it's suppsoed function ,,,
most of my jackets and softshells are in goretex and works very nice :)
the softshells has extra zippers under the arms for extra ventilation för those extra sweaty days !
 
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They do make a pretty good whiskey, so you probably wouldn't get too homesick.
 
I have been wearing Smartwool for my base layer and have been liking it. If is dry my outside layer is fleece. If it is wet I wear foul weather gear for sailing. They have some great stuff.
 
I don't wear Gore-tex at work, it's too pricey if it gets trashed... I really don't wear raingear much anymore. Seems like no matter what i wear i get wet from either rain or sweat or both. When it's rainy and windy I wear a Helly-Hansen Anorak that repels water until it gets saturated.
 
I have found that not one of the "breathable" rainproof fabrics can keep up with the amount of moisture I generate under them, when working. Also have found that the life expectancy for keeping liquid moisture out is limited to a few years at best as they quit working that direction when the pores of the fabric get fouled with dirt and body oils, and never respond satisfactorily to efforts at cleaning.

The cost is too high for me to replace so regularly, and I end up wet anyway.

If you use it, absolutely you must wear fleece underneath, imo. I do use it for recreation activities, though still find the performance life is too short to really be happy with it.
 
Gore-tex is, in my opinion, the very best 100% waterproof yet breathable fabric available. The suit I am wearing in my avatar is gore-tex with neck and wrist latex gaskets, waterproof zippers and built in gore-tex socks. $1000! When I swim (oh crap!) in the river, I stay completely dry. The suit doesn't make me feel clammy. I don't wear any cotton inside the suit though. Tree work trashes my clothes so I just wear a cheap rain jacket and sweat my nuts off. I keep a stash of dry shirts in the rig and change out as needed. Arborwear Tech pants rock!
 
I worked on Vancouver Island for many years and wool, fleece, or polypro covered by a non breathable rainjacket is what worked in the 24/7 rain. I pulled 15 day shifts there and sometimes it would rain everyday, many times more than 4 inches a day. Yes I worked in some of the giant clearcuts that slid right off into the ocean/inlets. We didn't refer to it as rain gear but warm gear, staying drive was not a viable option, staying warm was the goal. I'm not sure of the brand but the rainjackets that are sold in all the saw shops here red and blue with a reflective strip. Very durable.
 
i have a great pair of gortex pants that are great and breathable, but i only wear my poly under them so that helps. for the top layer i like the capolene's or the spandex wicking then a light fleese and then the poly/nylone shell, that is about enough for me at no less then 40 and rain, any colder it is SNOW.

i stay away from cotton.

what is it with the WHITE Socks MB? i have smartwools, pretty strips, would the material be the factor and not the color?
 
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