Originally Posted by banzai_f16
Evidently the US military has bought into those millions of dollars of advertising, since they're starting to go Gore-Tex with a LOT of stuff. (30 years after the fact, no less!
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There is an interview posted on the net talking to the head of the us army material testing lab. (google it) He was asked why the army uses goretex when his very lab found it only a marginal material with many products showing a clear performance advantage, some 2x as much. His answer was 'momentum'. The army started using it years ago when it was the only choice, trying to steer the army onto anything new is a apperently a challenge.
Dont take my word for it though, there are posts on here from hundreds of different people talking about how goretex does not work well enough for them when cycling. Then compare that with how many complain that eVent doesnt work for them. Although there is a clear number difference between users.