The best, or should I say driest, rain gear, for my wife and I , has been poncho/tarps; because they allow so much air flow. The huge downsides are how poorly they stay on in wind , how they restrict the view of the trail in front of you, the increased wetness using poles and how you can actually trip over them. My wife uses a Marmot Precip and EMS rain pants , I have an LL BEAN stowaway jacket and SD rain pants. Main function is to keep the wind at bay and stay warm and damp. What we have now is just iterations of other products that worked about the same. We have had good results where it rains hard for a short time and our pace goes to a crawl (not that it exceeds that, anyway). Mostly, we try to walk safely and have a dry set to wear in the tent. If you don't tend to sweat much you'd also tend to rave about how well your W/B fabric performs. My wife fares much better than me on that score.