HEIN GERICKE NEW NEXUS GORE-TEX JACKET

[Deano800]

HEIN GERICKE NEW NEXUS GORE-TEX

Anyone out there got one of these jackets? Seems good value for Goretex, or is there a catch..?

I know how good Goretex is at keeping the rain out, but have no experience of Hein Gericke gear.

Is it any good?

Your musings and observations will be greatly received!

 

[forest biker]

hi deano , i wear a hein gericke gore tex jacket and find it good , put the zip in linner in when the weather i scold and take it out for summer always kept me dry so i would give it the thumbs up in my veiw

 

[Schtum]

Is it Gore-Tex Pro Shell (seems unlikely for 200 quid) or Performance Shell...? The blurb on the website is confused -

http://www.hein-gericke.co.uk/hein-gericke-new-nexus-gore-texr-pro-shell-jacke-gelb.html

{edit} It's Performance Shell - says so on the jacket itself {/edit}

With the increasing use of Pro Shell, we're probably seeing the beginning of Performance Shell jackets dropping in price.

 

[OscarIndia]

Is it Gore-Tex Pro Shell (seems unlikely for 200 quid) or Performance Shell...? The blurb on the website is confused -

http://www.hein-gericke.co.uk/hein-gericke-new-nexus-gore-texr-pro-shell-jacke-gelb.html

{edit} It's Performance Shell - says so on the jacket itself {/edit}

With the increasing use of Pro Shell, we're probably seeing the beginning of Performance Shell jackets dropping in price.

What's the difference? Only ask as I was looking at their Journey jacket yesterday and it seemed v good value.

 

[Schtum]

What's the difference? Only ask as I was looking at their Journey jacket yesterday and it seemed v good value.

Performance shell is your standard old Gore-Tex with a Cordura (or sometimes other polyester) face fabric and a Gore-Tex drop liner inside that. The downside is that although the face fabric will have a DWR water-repellant coating, it can still "wet-out" in very heavy rain and that stops the Gore-Tex membrane from breathing.

Pro Shell is a 3 layer fabric where the layers are bonded together. The face fabric often includes Armacor. This is much less prone to "wetting-out" and obviously Armacor being a Kevlar / Cordura fabric is much more abrasion resistant. It's also much more expensive.

 

[OscarIndia]

Ah, top explaining - thanks.

 

[Urban Rider]

Yep!!!!!

I've got one of these jackets and I am very pleased with it.... Haven't had a chance to properly test it's waterproof ability as yet but all signs look promising. Very warm through the winter and the quilted liner works a treat. Jury's still out on the Gore Lock-out zip but it seems to work ok...


http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=258829

Only down side I can comment on is it's use during hot days. I've been spoilt over the past few years with a RP2 which IMHO is the best summer suit available. Unfortunately, I suffer in the heat and the Nexus leaves my arms feeling like they are sticking to the liner of the jacket. Not a problem with the netted liner of the RP2 which is probably what I'll end up buying again.....