Wow! That’s really bad, it’s also seeping through along the curved seam where I assume the hood is attached, above the hanger loop.
I’d be a bit disappointed if a £20 Peter Storm from Millets started to leak like that after six months, but a Rab, I’d be bloody fuming!
While I don’t wear a rucksack at work, so avoiding pressure points under straps, I’m walking around for nine hours a day, in sometimes dreadful weather, and my regular combination of a Buffalo Special 6 with a £20 Peter Storm over the top to act as a barrier has proved remarkably effective right through the winter, with just surface wetting of the Buffalo, or dampening in fact. What I really need are over-trousers that are actually waterproof. The ones I bought from B&Q are pretty useless, once they get wet, and I have to sit down for a minute or two, I can feel the water seeping through, which is unpleasant, with only another six or seven hours to look forward to.
Hopefully, if the new wet weather hi-viz jacket I’ve just been issued meets expectations, and there are over-trousers to match, I might be able to leave my Buffalo at home, and stay dry all day.
I live in hope.