[pct-l] dri ducks for rain gear

[jape1 at cox.net]

I bought them, I used them, and for me, the weight savings was a sufficient incentive to keep them.  In one 6 hour sleet and rain day, they tore (repairable) and leaked.  I don't move fast enough to sweat much, and I don't like to carry the weight of a dry set of clothes.  I'm shopping for different rain gear.

They did keep me dry enough in an emergency use sense.  I would have been dry enough to survive a chilly night.  I don't know how much more wet I would have been in a second day of hiking.  In my opinion, If you're looking for Tyvek style rain gear, Frog Toggs are superior, though not spectacularly so.
---- Brian Miracle <bmiracle2 at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Hello all,
> 
> Just was looking for some input on these for a rain gear.  In that Im a
> hiker trying to do the trail on a budget and dri ducks look very enticing.
> I know that the durability is an issue and was just thinking it would be a
> problem solved by duck tape.  I also have a precip but have the general
> concern about pack-ability and the overall effectiveness in terms of not
> getting wet from the jacket being soaked through or not breathing making a
> person full of sweat using a jacket like the precip vs the dri ducks.
> 
> Brian
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