[pct-l] Rain Jacket

[jamesfmiller at hotmail.com]

My Precip is just a rain filter as far as I can tell

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From: Lisa Freathy <rainorshinecamper at yahoo.com>
To: pct-l <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Wed, Dec 22, 2010 01:25:29 GMT+00:00
Subject: [pct-l] Rain Jacket

I have the Marmot Pre-Cip and have owned since last year, yet have only had the 
chance to test it out a few times. 2-3 short hikes in the rain last year and I 
stayed dry, yet today I took it out for a trial run in the steady rain and my 
arms and upper back soaked through within an hour. Minimal water leakage, but 
still no good especially since it happened so quickly.

Have others had this experience with this jacket? Are there other good jackets 
out there that have stood up to hours of rain, or if it is truly pouring for 
hours do no jackets really keep you totally dry?

Trying to decide what to do now... use a wash in "water repellent" and try my 
jacket in the rain again, return to REI and replace with another pre-cip or try 
a new jacket all together?

Bummed out as I thought I had my rain jacket taken care of and now I am back to 
researching yet another piece of gear.
 Lisa 


"Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb 
a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean."
~ John Muir 


      
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