The Rev-it gear is good value for the price,if You get one with removable waterproof liners it will double up as a summer jacket. In extreme wet wheather use their hi vz waterproof overjacket.Its the old story You get what You pay for some of the BMW gear does last a long time,devide $2000 purchase price over 10 years and the value is their.Its just getting over the heart attack is the problem.Hope this helps

I do a lot of long distance riding, so I've had ample opportunity to test and think about gear. Ultimately, there is always going to be a trade off between waterproof in South Island West Coast rain, and breathing in 30+ in the high country. I've settled on the Revit textile gear, currently an Off Track Jacket and Sand pants. Both have twin liners (water resistant and thermal). I've found however, that letting the water through the outer jacket to the water resistant liner wrecks the thermal properties of the jacket and you can get cold fast, as the outer remains wet/damp until it dries out. Anything waterproof on the outside will make you die in the heat, especially stuff like slow speed adventure riding.I throw a DriRider basic rain jacket (Thunderwave I think?) over the top of the jacket for rain, then pull it off when the rain stops. They wear over time, but much cheaper replacing it than a whole jacket. I'd advise against a jacket with high viz, otherwise you'll constantly be cleaning it to make it any use. Use a vest, and that way you can layer as required. Vest is also cheap to replace. The Revit gear is able to vent well in the heat, the Off Track jacket even has removable side panels, but I've never gone that far  😮 Even in 50 degrees, it was just the outer mesh, side panels still in.For commuting, I've got another 2 jackets, summer is the older Revit Expedition, but I don't think it's quality is as good, and winter is a Neo something from Cycletreads. Winter I figure the jackets will never last, got 5 odd years out of the previous one, just replaced this last winter... For pants it's draggins, as they're work clothes, then the DriRider Thunderwave pants over the top for rain. Again, cheap to replace, but if you want really cheap there are the warehouse ones.If you want waterproof bike gear, and money isn't a problem, my winter suit (not adventure riding though) is a Rukka Armas jacket and pants. 20+ hours, still no rain getting through...

For our Americas ride I went with the Alpinestar “Tech-Touring” jacket and pants. They make a great jacket with two zipable vent panels in the front and a huge vent panel in the back. Comes with a separate warm and waterproof Goretex jacket. The pants are well vented but are still quite hot and through Central America and most of South America I went to a Draggin Jeans option. My only issue with the jacket is its weight – it's quite heavy. I also wore a Revit HiVis top for much of the trip to frighten off the polar bears. (Must have worked cos we didn't see any)Like Gremlin I'm not impressed with the thermal liners and take them out (left them behind for this trip) and wear Icebreakers instead. Kennif