Well, I see I am well out of the know...discontinued for 2 years.
Thank you for the tip on Paramo. That is indeed eye watering. That's even more than I paid for the Shakedry (not in GBP) and I was scandalized at the price then. I also heard great things about Showers Pass, but I bought a pair of their waterproof gloves and they simply weren't waterproof (even a little bit).
In the spirit of the thread, what is your rain clothes strategy (I know most of you are in the UK so, just strategy then
). I found that even with the very thin rain jacket I really was only thankful to have it in short down pours, rain with temps less than say 13 or once when getting wet just before a long descent. If I had to wear it any longer or any warmer I was wet anyway, though it was a warm wet so that was something. I never leave without shoe covers, but I've never worn rain pants outside of commuting.