[pct-l] RE: frogg toggs material

[yogilists at hotmail.com (yogi yogi)]

my bad!!!   I thought they were the same material.  if it's GONNA leak, then 
don't buy it.  It's your rain gear, afterall.


>From: "Brian Bowlsby" <go4ahike@verizon.net>
>To: "'yogi yogi'" <yogilists@hotmail.com>,<pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
>Subject: RE: [pct-l] frogg toggs material
>Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 16:14:18 -0800
>
>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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