Therefore rain garments are usually non-breathable and are instead equipped with mechanical venting like ventilation zippers. As a consequence of the above the water resistance will decrease in warmer temperatures and increase the colder it gets. Coating We use a coating on most of the DW garments. These are our price point garments. These are very good figures and this coating will perform outstanding on ski garments.
Coatings are less expensive than membranes.
But have the setback that they loose water resistance as they are worn and washed. But poor coatings can loose practically all water resistance after only 5 washings. We use two different price point membranes. The membranes usually retain their original performance throughout the garment life. Potential problems could be delamitation from the shell fabric.