I don't have it. I ride GTX. But everybody says it is breathable. An Army lab study showed it was identical to "Gore Tex I" Robert Gore's original expanded polytetrafluoroethyoe (ETFE) membrane. Gore decided to decided to downgrade breatabability to slow clogging from sweat oils. If you get eVent, you may have to do some washing, with new-generation detergents not known to Gore in the 70s. eVent is PTFE. It is post-patent Gore Tex I with some new molecular finishing coatings. Now, the Army decided to stick with GTX. despite the fact that General Electric, eVentt's owner is a prime defense contractor, with humongous lobbying power. (But read my final comments.)

Showers Pass was sold by its founder to another guy. The shells used to be made in NorCal, then Portland, now Vietnam. Some people have complained. It has sounded sketchy to me.

If you want my recommendation, I reallyy like Marmot Sharp Point Windstopper softshell jacket ($140 on discount) and the Marmot Exum GTX Pro 3 shell ($230 on discount). I paid $218 for an Assos airBlock 851 jacket. Fantastic form-fitting stretchy wind-blocking material.

Paying list prices for these items, I dunno about that. They are all great jackets. Frankly I like Assos, everything I have got from this mfr has been 5 flamin chiles. Bang for buck over the long haul I can't say, not enough use. But short-term, I love their stuff. It's designed by people who think about cycling, and I want to believe it is durable. If a cyclist got teminal cancer, and heirs sold an almost-new condition airBlock 851 for $150, that would be s snatch.

Showers Pass Elite 2.0 features are bullseye on paper. Previiously, warrantee coverage was sketchy. But now, If I were you, I'd get it from REI, which has recently started carrying SP. You get a no-hassle customer-satisfaction guarantee: if you don't like it you get a full refund. A year, two years, it doesn't matter.

I may get one myself. I have been waiting for REI or another full-satisfaction-guarantee co to sell SP. I may wait for a 20% off member-sale. Without a sale price, as a member you get a 10% dividend, which would bring your cost to really close to $200. If I were you, I'd strongly consider pulling the trigger. And if you do, please report your findings.