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.
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PeteCresswell