The advantage is GORE-TEX®

GORE-TEX® membrane has more than 1.4 billion pores per square centimetre.

These pores are 20,000 times smaller than a water drop, but 700 times bigger than a water vapour molecule. Because of this, water cannot penetrate from outside and sweat (water vapour) can easily escape outwards through the membrane. This guarantees that GORE-TEX® remains water- and windproof, yet breathable.

To guarantee absolute weather resistance, GORE-TEX® products are seamed with GORE-SEAM® TAPE technology to seal even the tiny holes in the GORE-TEX® garment caused by the sewing process.

To meet the special requirements of the wide range of applications – of which the most demanding is motorcycling – GORE-TEX® has developed diverse membrane technologies which are used in particular products. Further information on these products and the advanced technologies employed can be found by clicking on the PDF icons below.

GORE-TEX® PRODUCT TESTING

Guaranteed to keep you dry™

Each new GORE-TEX® product prototype is put through extremely rigorous testing in the Gore labs. And it isn’t just the GORE-TEX® membrane that is tested, the entire garment and its component parts of outer material, insulation, membrane and lining has to prove its excellence under the toughest conditions.

Every new GORE-TEX® garment is subjected to accelerated ‘real world’ -type lab testing equivalent to many thousands of hours of use, passing through the Rain Room as well as the Comfort, Martindale and Cold test, before it is cleared for production.

It is this strict quality control procedure which differentiates GORE-TEX® from other climate membranes on the market and makes it the only one Guaranteed to keep you dry™.