GORE-TEX® – the fabric of deceit

Who was it that coined the truism? Author Tim Cahill, I believe.

I’ve never had any faith in the so-called waterproof material or any of it’s competitors.

Frank and Sue in Australia are similarly suspicious:

We are a skeptical pair here at “Our Hiking Blog” and the concept of waterproof hiking boots has been high on our list of “urban myths”. We have always accepted that our feet will get wet and have usually blamed it on water running down our legs into the boots or that the boots were, well, just not waterproof.

After one particularly soggy outing, Sue was given a refund by Snowgum for her faulty GORE-TEX boots. Nice customer service!

Now Frank is checking his boots for … “leaks”.

Men’s Merrell Moab Gore-Tex XCR