It was at least different, got caught in some pretty heavy rain in N. Va. I was cool with everything except the wet feet. The Freddy fenders helped a lot, but my feet still got pretty wet. I'm thinking of breaking out my neoprene SCUBA boots next time we're looking at hard rain. Wet feet aren't that bad at 60F but by the time we get down to 35F it won't be so fun. Figure I have a month to get it figured out.