I've owned and own jackets made from Ventile and Grenfell cloth, performance seems to be similar and only useful if in doubled form.
Maybe it's down to the kind of rain experienced in my part of the world (southern Manitoba), but I wouldn't trust it in a remote setting to prevent hypothermia from our heavy downpours. @Skülly, how have you cleaned your Ventile? It's been a challenge because of the coating?
I know the modern ventile has a coating but isn't one of beauty of ventile is that it's 100% cotton and thus can be washed like most clothing and it should still retain it water resistant properties.
I've owned and own jackets made from Ventile and Grenfell cloth, performance seems to be similar and only useful if in doubled form.
Maybe it's down to the kind of rain experienced in my part of the world (southern Manitoba), but I wouldn't trust it in a remote setting to prevent hypothermia from our heavy downpours.
@Skülly, how have you cleaned your Ventile? It's been a challenge because of the coating?