shell

water-repellent shell

Name: water-repellent shell
Brand: Ouestrail
Price: 129.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Water-repellent, not a rain barrier — with the finish, its life and its failure signal all printed.

three places, three grades

a grade with no reason is not a grade

hikingsuitable: Pit zips and a two-way hem zip give you somewhere to put the heat on a climb; hood adjusts with one hand.
cyclingusable: Back hem drops only 4 cm, so in a deep lean the lower back is exposed. The commute shell is the longer-backed one.
commutingsuitable: Plain, matt face fabric with no external branding; packs into the bag when the sky clears.

Cycling grades account for back hem length, sleeve length with your arms forward on the bars, and whether there is a rear pocket you can reach. Rear pocket on this piece: no.

€129

EUR (euro), VAT included

size

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the piece

A two-layer woven shell with a PFC-free DWR finish. It sheds a shower and cuts wind-driven spray. In steady rain the face fabric wets out and water reaches the layer underneath. Every part of that sentence is deliberate.

what it does, and where it stops

how we test

fabric weight: 95 g/m²
garment weight: 348 g in EU 50 / M
packed volume: 0.7 L
water repellency: standard — PFC-free DWR, C0 chemistry, applied to the face fabric
when the finish runs out: 20 to 30 machine washes, sooner where a pack or saddle rubs
how you will know: water stops beading and rolls into the weave instead; the face fabric darkens where it soaks in
how to renew it: Wash it clean first, then apply a wash-in or spray-on repellent, then reactivate with a warm tumble dry or a warm iron through a cloth.
hydrostatic resistance (EN ISO 811): Not published.
breathability (EN ISO 11092): Not published.

Finish: PFC-free DWR, C0 chemistry, on the face fabric only
Renew it after roughly 20 to 30 washes, or when water stops beading
Re-treat with a wash-in or spray-on repellent and reactivate with a warm tumble or a warm iron through a cloth
Pit zips, two-way hem zip, one-hand hood adjusters at the rear and both sides

sizes, measured

Measurements in centimetres for water-repellent shell, taken flat, with a tolerance of plus or minus one centimetre.
size	chest	back length	sleeve
EU 46	110 cm	73 cm	65 cm
EU 48	114 cm	75 cm	67 cm
EU 50	118 cm	77 cm	69 cm
EU 52	122 cm	79 cm	71 cm
EU 54	126 cm	81 cm	73 cm

Garment measurements in centimetres, taken flat. Tolerance ±1 cm — a run of fabric is never exact, and we would rather print the tolerance than pretend it away.

the same garment, in a riding position

water-repellent shell measured on a mannequin held at a 35 degree forward lean.
size	back coverage, riding	sleeve, arms forward
EU 46	69 cm	62 cm
EU 48	71 cm	64 cm
EU 50	73 cm	66 cm
EU 52	75 cm	68 cm
EU 54	77 cm	70 cm

Measured on a mannequin held at a 35° forward lean. A forward lean lifts the back hem and pulls the sleeve back from the wrist, so these figures are lower than the standing ones — that is the effect, stated rather than hidden.

the label

fibre composition: 100 % recycled polyamide, PFC-free DWR finish
care: Close all zips, machine wash 30 °C, gentle cycle
Do not bleach
Tumble dry low to reactivate the finish, or warm iron through a cloth
Do not dry clean
No fabric softener — it disables the finish
where it is made: Made up in Vietnam

Composition, care and country of make are given for every piece on this site under EU Regulation 1007/2011. If we could not state all three, the piece would not be listed.

sorting, recycling and producer responsibility

triman

this item is sorted, not binned

scheme identifier (IDU)

[to be completed by the operator once the ADEME registration is issued]

environmental characteristics

Coated face fabric — sort as textile, not as plastic packaging
Finish is a surface treatment, not a laminate, so the base cloth stays a single fibre family
Zips and pullers are replaceable rather than bonded

Textiles have been covered by the French Triman and sorting-information rules since 1 February 2023. Full sorting instructions

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