[pct-l] frogg toggs material

[go4ahike at verizon.net (Brian Bowlsby)]

I have both the Frogg Toggs jacket and the O2 Rainshield jacket. The
material on the O2 jacket is slightly different than the Frogg Toggs.
The O2 jacket material is made by 3M and is called "propore" and has a
slightly rubbery feel to it. The Frogg Toggs has more of a paper-like
feel to it.  

The O2 jacket only weighs 5.5 oz for the hooded yellow jacket and costs
about $29. However, this material is light and will eventually leak.
It's not really a question of will it leak, but when? I've used mine
several times in the rain without a leak...until yesterday, when on a
dayhike it leaked after 12 miles in the rain! Not a bad leak but the
material wetted out in a couple spots is all... 

For the price, you could certainly buy two or three to last the length
of the trail, or buy a precip for $100. 

BTW: I've never had a leak in the Frogg Toggs...yet!

Brian


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of yogi yogi
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 4:00 PM
To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] frogg toggs material


Sorry Sly, I wasn't sure how to refer to the material.  That's why I
said 
"frogg toggs material".  You're right, but isn't it all the same stuff,
just 
sewn together by different companies?  It still leaks.

I had a long-sleeved shirt on.  And I wasn't clammy, I was wet.  The 
long-sleeved shirt started out dry, and was became wet when the jacket 
leaked.

I'll revise my statement to say that the O2 Rainwear, which is made out
of 
the same material as the frogg toggs rainwear, is crap.

I'm probably just making this worse, so I'll stop now.  :)

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