That does seem odd. I used to sweat buckets in my old non-breathable dry
top, I expected to, when I went to a newer Mountain Surf breathable (not
sure what the breathable material is), I no longer have this problem. That
said, I understand they need some type of special cleaning with age to
unclog the pores? Wish I knew more


"(PeteCresswell)" wrote in message
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I've been using a Kokatat GoreTex bag suit this year.

It's definitely got it's good points, but for my use dry doesn't seem tb
one of
them.

After a typical hour of fairly hard flat water paddling, my shirt
undergarment
picks up about 400 grams of water. That's fairly wet - almost dripping.

I layed the suit out on the ground, elevating the neck/wrist seals and
puddled a
few cups of water on the back - with some newspaper inside. *Seems*
like it's
not leaking through the material - at least on the back, and the back is
definitely one of the wettest parts of the shirt when I take it off.

I guess another possible entry point would be the neck seal. But I'm
pretty
sure I've picked up this kind of water even with the neck never getting
immersed.


It's nothing I can't live with for an hour or two of paddling... but
everybody
seems to rave so much about how dry their dry suits are that it's got me
wondering.

So: if you wear a bag suit, how much water do you typically wind up
shipping?

I'm thinking that GoreTex has it's limits for transmitting moisture and
what I'm
seeing is just plain old sweat.... But I've got to wonder why my legs
aren't
similarly affected.
--
PeteCresswell