I had a Ridgeline jacket, Mallard ? bought after someone on here sang it's praises.
It is the least breathable jacket I have worn, and to top it off not waterproof, water resistand at very best.
I spoke to someone at the midland fair about it, take it back they said, bloke beside me had his on, they changed it on the spot.
Mine came from Uttings by mail order, I sent it back and asked for either replacement or full refund.
They chose to refund on it, but I lost the original p&p which was about £7 + the cost of sending it back, another £10 as
Uttings insisted I had to send it both insured and traceable.
I will never buy another waterproof that is not Gore-Tex and never again by mail order, and never anything from Uttings.
To be honest the most successful tops I have ever owned were a Buffalo Special 6 for damp and windy weather topped of with a single layer Ventile smock if it got truly horrible.
For proper wet weather an older Barbour double layer Ventile Jacket over a fleece, none of these have ever let me down no matter what the weather or what I was doing.
Neil.