Water vapour-permeable functional membranes are designed to prevent the space under bikers' jackets from mutating into a damp biotope. Millions of micropores in the membrane act as a drain valve for excess sweat. They ensure that perspiration can escape from the body to the outside, but at the same time keep water flowing in from the outside to prevent renewed flooding.
Keep rain out and transport sweat to the outside
We wanted to know how well this principle works in current rain jackets and invited people to test it. The requirement was that the jackets had to withstand a water column of at least 4000 millimetres. 13 manufacturers took up the challenge. The total of 18 test models consisted of twelve men's and six women's jackets. The prices vary considerably. The Packabel Stormshell from Bontrager costs a wallet-friendly 80 euros. The top features of the Mavic Stratos H2O cost a whopping 300 euros. Whether cheap or expensive, all jackets had to prove themselves in the same test procedure.
All test results of these rain jackets can be found below as a PDF download:
- Ladies:
CRAFT Performance Bike Rain Jacket
GORE BIKE WEAR Alp-X 2.0 GT AS
MAVIC Oxygen H20
ODLO Zephyr
PEARL IZUMI W Elite WXB Jacket
SCOTT Shadow Active Shell
- Gentlemen:
BONTRAGER Packable Stormshell
CRAFT Performance Bike Rain Jacket
ENDURA Venturi II
GORE BIKE WEAR Alp-X 2.0
LÖFFLER Bike GTX Active
MAVIC Stratos H20
NORTHWAVE Aqua Pro
PEARL IZUMI Select Barrier WXB
PROTECTIVE Aquila
SCOTT Helium Active Shell
SKINS C400
VAUDE Realto
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Stefan Frey
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