Team Geared Up

DUBLIN (Geared Up Blog) - I’m really confused with this new fabric. I always thought that the definition of a soft shell was a garment with a fabric such as pertex which is more breathable than gore-tex but it doesnt offer you a fully waterproof shell. As you can see from above it has that membrane so therefore it ain’t a Soft Shell!

Planet Fear:

The words soft shell basically meant ’this isn’t waterproof but you won’t get wet when it’s dry, but you may get damp in it when it’s wet.’

And now i come to my problem. The North Face have a new jacket out saying Gore-tex softshell on it. Which it clearly isnt as if it was a SoftShell then it wouldn’t be waterproof.

Backcountry:

The only durable waterproof soft shell with the GORE-TEX Guaranteed To Keep You Dry promise. GORE-TEX Soft Shell garments offer rugged 3-layer waterproof, windproof and breathable protection with a softer, more comfortable feel.

So why are they trying to fool us into thinking its a softshell when it clearly isnt and it won’t perform as well as a softshell can either. It seems to me to be just a new type of their Gore-tex paclite range. I just dont get why they are trying to fool us pretty unconvincingly…