I know I live in dry , sunny Colorado, but we have had a few spells of spring snow / rain mix that lasted about a month each time. During a couple of these spells, I took it upon myself to wear or borrow anything that could be construed as waterproof or water resistant enough. In this there were softshell jackets, GTex, Event, FirstLite and others. For me, when real active the first lite 37.5 usually worked best followed by event. When conditions turned slushy it was probably event. Note, I didn't have the newest / greatest GTex.
Personally, I think a pine tree and a tarp are the best. The others just sort of depend. Some work really well in some conditions but not so well in others as alluded to above.
