With all the talk of Ventile in my other thread I was wondering if there is a huge difference between Gabardine and Ventile. I don't any clothes of either clothe, but I have looked at Ventile smocks and they are way out of my price range. I was wondering if any of you have owned any gabardine SAS smocks and notice if they too adequately block the wind and resist rain. Gabardine was good enough for Mt.Everest, so I wonder if the differences between Gabardine and Ventile are marginal and relatively insignificant? Can anyone post comments on this matter?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5076634.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5076634.stm