The new Gore-Tex Active Shell stuff is appearing in the shops right now. It's Gore's latest lightweight waterproof and breathable fabric and we're dead impressed with just how well it works.But for once, you don't have to take our word

Feverish excitement on the OM news desk with the appearance of yet more choice in the world of Gore-Tex Active Shell, in this case from Annecy-based French alpine brand, Eider in the shape of the new Target jacket in both men's and women's versions

The guys at Cotswold Outdoor say that they're about to become the first retailer in the world to stock jackets made from the impressive new Gore-Tex Active Shell waterproof fabric with jackets from Berghaus and Mountain Equipment available both

We've already told you a little about new Gore-Tex Active Shell fabric, but here's the low down, direct from Gore's Bavarian mountain fortress from OM's outdoor trade insider and industry veteran John Traynor - over to you, John...'The most

We've been using a Gore-Tex Active Shell 'seeding jacket' for the last four months or so after being given it at the UK launch of the new fabric last year, and we're really impressed with the new fabric - in fact we'd stick our neck out and say

Gear freaks with their ear to the virtual ground will be aware, by now, that Gore-Tex has just launched a new, lightweight fabric called Gore-Tex Active Shell which is billed as 'the most breathable Gore-Tex ever' and due out in autumn 2011

Latest OutdoorsMagic review is the new Alpine Project Jacket from The North Face, the US brand's first jacket in the UK to use the exceptionally breathable lightweight Gore-Tex Active Shell fabric.Inetrerestingly, while other shells from rival

Although it's technically an autumn 2011 jacket, along with the Mountain Equipment Firefox, the Berghaus Velum made with Gore-Tex Active Shell fabric is actually available from Cotswold Outdoor right now.We've been using a Velum for several months

Latest OM review is our first look at the new Haglöfs Endo Jacket using the new Gore-Tex Active Shell fabric.The green jacket on the left is a production colour and you can also buy the jacket in black, but our test one, which we've had for a couple

's take on the impressive new Gore-Tex Active Shell fabric.First, it's a 'fast and light' jacket rather than a full-on mountain shell and while it's not as weightless as the company's sub-200g Oz Paclite Pullover, it's still respectably light at 310g for a