That said, I did a fat bike ride in this once before the embargo on a heavy mist day with the temperature hovering around 30☏. Hopefully! (We need the rain) So, it may be a while before I can get you readers a good idea on what this jacket performs like out on the gravel roads. So Far… Okay, so here’s the deal- I’m stuck in a Winter mode right now and eventually Spring will arrive and with that- rain. Lighter than the other rain jackets I have around here, that’s for sure. The Cloudburst weighed 330 grams on my digital scale. The Cloudburst does indeed pack down fairly small- you’d get this into a saddle bag of a larger size, and I could easily palm/one hand the jacket, but this isn’t going in a jersey pocket, or anything like that. I found the Cloudburst to fit very similarly, with maybe a slight bit more room in the Cloudburst, but this may be the stretchy fabric. I opted for the size XL as the previous Showers Pass jacket I tried, The Elements Jacket, was also a size XL. The fit of the Cloudburst is trim, but not race cut in my opinion. I could see this being used as a windbreaker as well as a rain jacket, if the breathability claim is true. A lot of rain jackets you may not feel comfortable with having direct contact with your skin, like your arms, let’s say.

Now, as to the rest, I can heartily say that the fabric is indeed stretchy, comfortable, and soft to the touch. Not “GORE TEX Shake Dry” high, (which is about twice as high as most jackets as claimed by GORE), but far above what most recommend as being “ very good” in terms of breathability. However the claimed breathability figure is pretty high on the charts. In my research, I found that the waterproof rating of the Cloudburst figures in to be about the norm for rain-proof jackets. A higher number on the breathability scale is also desirable. A higher number on the water-proofness rating is more desirable.

So, I did a little digging and to make this succinct, I will boil it down to simplest terms. You may wonder about those stated numbers above, as did I. I expressed as much to my contact, but I have been assured that this is a much different jacket than others in this regard. Probably the most amazing claim concerns the three layer eliteAIR™ which Showers Pass claims as having a rating of 43,000 breathable/10,200 waterproof (g/m/24hr/mmH2O).įirst Impressions: When I was told that this Cloudburst Jacket was ‘ extremely breathable‘ you could imagine the eye-roll I exhibited. There is a double cinch cord at the hem, and many reflective accents throughout for visibility. There is a large back pocket which doubles as the pouch to pack the jacket into. The Cloudburst Jacket also features a tailored fit, a full-zip front with a storm flap, 4-way stretch fabric, is fully seam taped, and has large core vents which double as mesh pockets. Guitar Ted models the Cloudburst Jacket from Showers Pass here in Mandarin

Women’s sizes Small, Medium, Large, X-Large.

MSRP: $189 – Women’s Colors: Mandarin & Titanium.

Men’s sizes Small, Medium, Large, X-Large (Tested).

MSRP: $189 – Men’s Colors: Mandarin (Tested) & Titanium.

The soft and flexible feel and whopping 43K breathability rating push performance to the next level while still offering waterproof protection. “… Cloudburst Jacket: the first rain jacket built by the 23-year industry veteran using their new eliteAIR™ fabric technology. Here is what Showers Pass has to say about this new Cloudburst jacket from their press release:

The jacket also is packable with less bulk than many seam sealed rain jackets. This new fabric has the characteristic of being stretchable and very breathable. What It Is: The Cloudburst is a fully seam-sealed rain jacket made with a new fabric called eliteAIR™. The Showers Pass Cloudburst Jacket in Mandarin Here following are the details on this newest offering from Showers Pass. The new jacket is called the Cloudburst, and we have had one of these new jackets in-hand for a bit to check it out and get acquainted with. Today Showers Pass has released the news of a new, packable, lightweight rain jacket.

Showers Pass Cloudburst Jacket: Getting Rolling – by Guitar Ted