No offense taken Jim.

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What I'm saying is that what I read here is someones intuitive response - no science.


If the moderators deleted all the posts that were not based on pure science this entire forum would have maybe 2 pages <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

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I've never had a layer of ice on my goretex. How could a layer of ice freeze to goretex? Wouldn't it just pop off of all but the dullest finishes on rough material with no DWR?


According to the articles I cited, ice doesn't block certain WB fabrics by forming a layer on the surface. It does it by forming inside the fabric in the pores, or "intersticies". The ice is not on the fabric, it's in the fabric.

Let me be clear that I'm not just talking about Goretex. My original post on the subject was about my Epic tent.

If you want science, no one has done a better job of applying it to lightweight backpacking than Dr. Ryan Jordan. If you're going to summarily dismiss a guy like that there's certainly nothing I can do to change your thinking. Let's just agree to disagree.