IrishFreestyle

Cheers thanks for the advice

Sharkteeth,

I'm not entirely sure exactly sure what your cags problem is, I'm guessing the €200 cag you have is the Palm Switch cag which should be pretty good. a few suggestions for you to try...

• Check for holes/nicks in the fabric/seams, I know this sounds a little obvious and silly but it could be a reason why you are getting wet.
• If the cag is not ripped I would think might you be wearing far too much clothing under the cag and not allowing the fabric to work/breathed as intended. Ths is quiet a comon issue, I see loads of people putting on enough termals to do them on an artic mission even though they are just blasting down their local run. Then the sweat just condences on the inside of the cag and looks like the cag is letting in.
• If it is none of the above you can start looking at the fabric its self. How do you look after your kit, do you leave it wet in you bag for days/weeks on end? do you hang it inside out in the daylight(UV) for hours on end. Do you stand on your kit when getting changed in order to keep your feet dry? All this is really comon stuff that boaters do, and then expect there kit to preform like it did on day one.
• What I would do is get my hands on some Nikwax TX Direct Spray on fabric waterproofer, it only costs about ten bucks, use as directed and it should bring your cag back to life.
• if nothing I mentioned works you will have a very strong case to return the garment to the shop where you purchassed it and it should be either repaired or replaced.

Hope this is of some use to you.

Happy "Dry" boating

Adrian

I'm sure if i use this waterproofer it should do the job.  I do look after very well no uv, drip dry and do people seriously stand on them!!! No water does get in at all it's just the material itself on the outside the water does not bounce off like when i first got it.  So hopefully this spray shall do the job.

Thanks very much Adrian

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