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...
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