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The North Face made the Men's Antigravity Jacket with a super-lightweight Hyvent Alpha fabric which breaths like mad and blocks moisture on your high alpine pursuits. Laminated polyurethane layers in this fabric allow for tons of breathability without sacrificing this Summit Series jacket's waterproof properties. The North Face Antigravity Jacket's helmet-compatible hood protects your head during mountain storms, and pitzips help you dump heat as you skin up the trail or send your ice-climbing route. Two shoulder stretch panels allow for plenty of maneuverability, and the Antigravity Jacket's high core vent pockets keep your items accessible even when you're wearing a waistbelt or harness.
Bottom Line: The North Face Antigravity Jacket is so lightweight, it practically floats.
What is better Hyvent or Gortex? I was always lead to believe that Gortex was the best material for jackets but most of the expensive North Face Jackets seem to have Hyvent.
Hyvent is not superior. Goretex was the best until eVent came out. Hyvent is pretty breatheable and waterproof for sure, but goretex and eVent is more waterproof and breatheable. eVent is the most breatheable by far though, just as waterproof as Goretex.
The interesting thing is goretex/eVent is rated at 45k or so and then TNF uses a stupid psi rating for their Hyvent so it is comparing apples and oranges to these numbers, but I have heard the 75 psi is like 20-25k or so, so it is not bad at all.
Note on TNFS highest end jackets and they actually still use Goretex so even they recognize that it is better. They are capable of making more money by using a proprietary material that is good but not as great as goretex for most gear. Remember TNF 10-15 years ago? Their pricing was very Arcteryx because the majority of jackets were goretex...