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Endurance Pertex/Pertex 6 - much difference?


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Steve W

16/02/08 19:01

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Just wondered if there is much difference between Pertex 6 and Endurance Pertex? I've been using Pertex 6 gear (Buffalo stuff) and found it very tough but I hear Endurance is supposed to be a bit more water resistent?

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Pete2s

16/02/08 21:47

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Endurance comes with a very light Polyurethane layer--like the kind you see on OR's Synapse wind jacket. It does not have a liner or any print to protect the PU layer though, so it is not as durable.

I had an OR Synapse jacket, and I noticed it didn't breathe at all. I called and found out their DWR for the jacket isn't really your typical DWR, but a thin film of PU. I didn't like it for a jacket I sweated in.

16/02/08 23:36

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If you're looking for an update for Pertex6, Pertex Microlight would be the closest I think? Great fabric, so is Quantum though if a little more fragile.

The good/depressing thing is that all the new Mitsui versions are looking better than the UK versions.

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Mike fae Dundee (no to the fence)

17/02/08 11:02

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I've used a Rab Quantum Endurance 250 sleeping bag and the shell is very water resistant. I woke up in a very wet tent once, more of a swimming pool, and although the shell was damp to touch, the down was bone dry. Very impressed.

17/02/08 15:27

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It is Pertex six in most of my Buffalo stuff I think, especially the so named Special 6 shirts! It is fairly tuff hard wearing stuff overall so no complaints from this end here!

I shall most definitely be looking for some of the other stuff you mentioned now to take a good look at it too! Thanks for posting about it there Steve!

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Edited: 17/02/08 15:29

captain paranoia

18/02/08 13:06

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Endurance is a PU coating, rather than a fabric, so you can get Quantum Endurance, Microlight Endurance, etc.

Pertex 6 was a heavy weight fabric (I can't find figures ATM, but PX4 was 54g/m2, PX5 was 69g/m2).

I'd say the closest in their current range may well be Equilibrium, although this is a dual weave fabric. Microlight is a much lighter weight fabric (45g/m2).

Oh no, I've just had to go and look at the pertex website. Another travesty in Flash...

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