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Originally Posted by Celt943
For northeast riding would a jacket with 8,000mm waterproof rating & 5,000 breathability and fully taped seams be enough? And if not is 10,000/10,000 that big of an improvement or Would I need to go to like a 20,000/20,000? I've narrowed my search down to pretty much two jackets, one is 8,000/5,000 with fully taped seams and the other one is 10,000/10,000 with Critically taped seams. So do you think I would see a "real world" difference in the waterproof performance between these two jackets?
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I teach on Mt. Hood and deal with a lot of good old Oregon rain! The main difference is going to come from the taping of the seams; the fully taped seam is going to prevent leakage in rain better than the critically taped seams which really means that only certain seams are tapped. In noraml riding, you will not see much of a difference. If you can see yourself riding in the rain, then yes there will be a little bit of difference and a lot of difference in the 20K rating.