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Generally, the better a jacket is at keeping the wet out, the better it is at keeping the wet in. While the wind whips and the rain pelts, you stay dry … until your body temperature climbs and that muggy, wrapped-in-plastic feeling sets in.
Waterproof-yet-breathable fabric technologies are abundant in the outerwear world, but even with rain jackets marketed as “ultra-breathable” (as most are) some condensation still builds up inside the shell, leaving you clammy, wet, and wondering why you wore a jacket in the first place.
With its new Jammu jacket, The North Face is the latest manufacturer to tackle this elusive unicorn of a truly breathable, truly weatherproof piece of outerwear. The special sauce inside the Jammu is Polartec’s NeoShell membrane, which claims to possess the industry’s highest levels of clam-free waterproofing.
The Jammu is an expensive jacket ($400), but the price is made less painful by a handsome look and a smart design...
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