Paclite has had a bit of a troubled history. It was introduced about three years ago, with great fanfare, as a “light” alternative to regular Gore-Tex. And it’s pretty clever stuff.

The Gore folks cut weight from regular Gore-Tex by eliminating the mesh liner ... fabrics at the middle and low ends. Some PacLite garments still are out there-L.L. Bean makes quite a nice ...

The Falketind Gore-Tex Paclite Jacket is intended to be perfect ... This is a very smart looking garment with attractive colors and a technical fit. There’s room for midlayers beneath and ...

New for March, OriginalFake has dropped their latest technical Gore-Tex Paclite jacket. Available in both black and blue, the lightweight jacket includes subtle OF imagery along the zipper ...

Gore-Tex Paclite: Unsurprisingly Paclite is designed ... Previously the company would never mix fabrics in a garment, they had to be either entirely one sort of Gore-Tex fabric or Windstopper ...

To simplify for 2020, Gore-Tex will be using two names: Gore-Tex Pro, the umbrella for three new techs; and Gore-Tex, the umbrella that includes others such as Gore-Tex Paclite, Gore-Tex Active 3 ...