Originally Posted by
Five Tango
From my experience,my preference is to hike in my Light Heart Gear pvc rain jacket during the day.Awesome pit zips,two exterior zip pockets,two huge interior slash pockets,total weight 7 oz and hard to beat at $99 that I paid for it.Yep,it will get wet with condensate inside;particularly in cold weather.And I sprung for the matching rain mitts which I also like,just wear them over a glove when hiking to prevent a blister.The LHG pvc will get you wet but you will likely be warm as long as you're active.But when you stop you can expect to cool down soon.
So I keep my light weight Frogg Togg in the pack for evening camp wear.Set up camp,remove wet jacket and shirts,put on the sleep clothes upper layer,and cover the night clothes in a dry FT or my little Marmot wind breaker to protect the dry night clothes from moisture,or more importantly,food odor spills as I store it in an odor barrier bag with the day clothes overnight.
My two jacket system still weighs less than my Marmot Precip Jacket and I like the versatility of having some backup and options.Only recently have I tried the rain kilt.I really like the AGG rain kilt although I do feel like an idiot wearing it.:banana(but the kilt is a real solution to stay warm and dry in the precip).
I owned a gore tex jacket some years ago which eventually wetted out on me at an inopportune moment-so much for that.........