Revit pants not waterproof?

[Eddieb]

My 4 month old Revit pants, sold to me as being waterproof, aren't. It took 12 minutes in very light fine misty drizzle this morning for them to leak.

Anyone else have this problem? Have I fallen victim to salesman hype?

[Str8 Jacket]

Mate trust me, no gear is *really* completely waterproof, resistant maybe but not to this crap! I rode home in the welly tropics tonight and I was completely dripping wet when I got home and my gear is normally really god... teknic jacket and KBC pants, both codura.

[Eddieb]

In this rain I would expect a bit to get through, but in this mornings fine mist for 12 minutes only I would have expected to stay dry.
They didn't just leak a little, it leaked a lot.

They leak as bad as my 10 year old pair of pants that are ripped from the crotch almost down to both knees. I didn't expect that.

[vifferman]

I have Cordura pants - Spidi Gran Turismo. Never leaked a drop in the time I've had them (3 or 4 years?)
I also have a pair of Motoline overpants (nylon, with welded seams and plasticised coating on the inside). They never leaked either, in the 5-6 years I used them.

[vifferman]

In this rain I would expect a bit to get through, but in this mornings fine mist for 12 minutes only I would have expected to stay dry.

Your expectation is reasonable. They shouldn't have leaked after 12 minutes of moderate to heavy rain. Even my old leather pants would've kept me dry for 12 minutes of fine mist.
They did have the liners in (assuming they have these?)

[Eddieb]

Your expectation is reasonable. They shouldn't have leaked after 12 minutes of moderate to heavy rain. Even my old leather pants would've kept me dry for 12 minutes of fine mist.
They did have the liners in (assuming they have these?)

They were sold as having a membrane built into the main pants liner to allow water to pass through the outside layer and run down the outside of the liner. At the bottom of each leg are little vents to let the water drain out.

The pants were sold as the inner liner being thermal only.

[Tank]

They were sold as having a membrane built into the main pants liner to allow water to pass through the outside layer and run down the outside of the liner. At the bottom of each leg are little vents to let the water drain out.

The pants were sold as the inner liner being thermal only.

in that case take them back as not fit for purpose and that they didnt last as long as a reasonable consumer would expect.

They should be replaced under the consumer guarantees act.

[rasty]

If it is as bad as Auckland the last couple of days I would think it more likely to be sweat/condensation on the inside rather the moisture getting through from outside.

[hospitalfood]

i am yet to own anything truly waterproof, if it wasn't for viffermans comment i would not even believe in waterproof, aside from skin.
i have never got wet on the inside of my body.

take the pants back.

[Jerry74]

My neo mugello pants are waterproof still after 12 months.

[nodrog:Me]

my skin is waterproof, no water has ever got through to my insides.

[bezajel]

They were sold as having a membrane built into the main pants liner to allow water to pass through the outside layer and run down the outside of the liner. At the bottom of each leg are little vents to let the water drain out.

The pants were sold as the inner liner being thermal only.

My revit corduras aren't too bad, but do leak at the crotch after probably 20 mins of moderate rain...? Right where the water runs down the tank and has nowhere else to go...

I don't think mine have membranes and vents... I didn't really get a sales pitch as it was a choice between the only pair of women's corduras and the only pair of women's leathers

[Matt]

Yup, my Rev-it pants have always leaked (as did the jacket before I finally got the dealer to take it back - see http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...28#post1459828).

Take 'em back IMO - although you may have to fight to return them ("never had any complaints before...blah blah blah) - and buy something half waterproof like Alpinestars, Teknik etc etc

[Hitcher]

Cordura isn't waterproof, not even a little bit. GoreTex is. If it's not GoreTex it won't keep you dry.

[klingon]

My Dririder Nordic4 pants are fantastic. I've had them for a couple of years and worn them to commute virtually every day, even in the most torrential downpours in the middle of winter.

I can't say they have never leaked a drop, because they have. One day in July a drop ran down my right leg and into my boot. I was scared that was the end of their water-proofness but it has never happened again.