NH500 Women’s Country Walking Waterproof Jacket - Navy

This garment passed a 60 L/m²/h shower test lasting 1 hour. This test replicates the average conditions of a rain shower.
This jacket's fabric is water repellent: this is its capacity to make water run off its surface without absorbing it. As a result, the fabric does not soak up the water and remains lightweight and breathable. A fabric becomes water repellent by applying a treatment to its outer surface.
What's more, the main seams that are most exposed to the rain are taped.

In order to retain the item’s sustained, long-term waterproof properties, the water repellency of the fabric will need to be reactivated: we recommend that this be done every 3 washes or after wearing a dozen times in the rain. When washing, abundant rinsing is essential, then reactivating the water-repellent properties can easily be done in hot water: in a tumble dryer or with a hairdryer for a relatively short period. You will find all our advice in the instructions of this product data sheet.

We measure the resistance of a fabric to water pressure expressed in mm of water column (test based on Standard ISO 811). The higher the water pressure, the more waterproof the fabric. A component with a 2000 mm waterproof rating can therefore withstand the pressure of a 2000 mm column of water.

To assess the breathability of the fabric, the evaporative resistance, RET (test based on the ISO 11092 standard), is measured. The lower the fabric's resistance, the more water vapour generated by physical activity can escape, and the higher the fabric's breathability.
RET<9 = extremely breathable fabric
9 12 RET>20 = little or no breathability

During sports, the extent to which we perspire depends on the intensity or duration of the physical activity. If the breathability of the fabric is not adapted to your type of physical activity, the perspiration vapour condenses inside the jacket.
You feel damp inside: this is condensing perspiration vapour rather than rain getting inside.
You therefore need to choose a rain jacket according to your type of physical activity.
This jacket is designed for one-day hikes at no more than 5 km/h.

On a scale from A to E, this jacket was given a score of B.
Our products' environmental impact is calculated over their entire life cycle. A score is given to each product in order to identify the most eco-friendly products within a particular product family (T-shirts, pants, backpacks).
Decathlon is committed to displaying the environmental data of its products.
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Our teams work to find innovative processes that reduce water consumption or water pollution during the production process.
The "dope dye" (bulk dying) process saves up to 60% of water and significantly reduces the amount of CO2 emitted. This also reduces colour fading over time.
On this jacket, we began this process on the main navy-coloured fabric and the turquoise-coloured lining (this will continue until we are able to master the technique on other colours).

We take care of our planet in order to preserve our natural playing field for hiking. Given that, for this jacket, we have only mastered the new dyeing process above for some colours, we have opted for a material made entirely of recycled polyester fibres for the other colours (main fabric in turquoise and red and the lining in navy and red). As a result, we have reduced our environmental impact on all the colour versions.

Raincut top-layer pants for protecting the lower body as well, so that you can have a complete outfit that offers highly effective protection from wind and showers. And, first and foremost: we are also starting to use this more eco-friendly dyeing process on the top-layer pants!

Our hiking jackets are guaranteed for 2 years.
Our commitment? To offer you long-lasting products that you can use on all your nature hikes. Because the products we like the most are those with a story behind them that is still continuing!