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- From: jrwaters@eos.ncsu.edu (JACK ROGERS WATERS)
- Subject: Re: Motowear Update ...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.094723.1414@ncsu.edu>
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- Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
- References: <1992Nov16.140323.28530@swlvx2.msd.ray.com> <daved.721932136@convex.convex.com> <1992Nov19.115610.1285@aber.ac.uk>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 09:47:23 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.115610.1285@aber.ac.uk> azw@aber.ac.uk (Andrew Michael Woodward) writes:
- >I'm inclined to think the cordura probably does as much for the Aero's
- >waterproofing as the Grotex. My experience of Grotex is that its very good
- >as long as you dont actually use it outdoors or anything. I have tried to
- >do this often in seroius conditions and failed regularly. I was talking to
-
- I have a pair of leather boots with Gortex which I have worn in the rain
- for extended periods of time. I have never gotten wet feet with these on
- (except when the rain soaked my jeans and the water ran down into my boots).
- I will say the the boots also did a pretty nice job of keeping all of the
- water in to facilitate the water logging of my feet.
-
- I think a quality construction is of primary importance. Gortex for the
- masses is means trouble to begin with. YMMV
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