What the hell Showers Pass?! Suck me in with a couple of great experiences and then when I hear “Showers Pass” and “rain jacket” in the same sentence I’m all in on a 135 USD jacket that turns out to be less flexible than a tarp and about as breathable as doubled-up garbage bags with armpit holes. Not to mention it’s a size large that’s short enough to be a medium and voluminous enough to layer a trio of bad Christmas sweaters beneath. My one regret in this review process – other than the times I had to wear this jacket – is that the pictures of me pouring out the sweat that accumulated in the elbows climbing a gravel road at 5°C didn’t turn out.

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