The original shower test.
I took the suits to the local spa, the idea to get water into the suit somehow.
Obviously the suits claim to be water proof, but is it true?
THE TEST
I showered under cold water for 1 minute.
The butt did not even saturate.
My butt did feel damp afterwords, but no leaking of any ink.
Third LDC, the suit was brand new, LDC repelled most water off of it.
butt got saturated and just a few spots of the jacket were saturated fabric.
The factory DWR coating did its job.
My butt also felt damp after this.
The fourth suit is my previous personal favorite set up.
Its a burton idiom jacket 2.5L (20k/20k) and eider goretex proshell mountaineering pants.
The jacket though soaked, water did not penetrate.
The goretex proshell pants were soaked, but nothing felt wet.
LDC #2 though these set ups were new.
your DWR coating is a large factor of staying dry.
THINGS I AM GOING TO DO DIFFERENTLY NEXT TIME:
Film to make it more appealing.
Test when dwr’s have completely worn off at the end of the season.
