Hmmm, I wonder why the dryplus makes noise. I know that some of the old Gortex and Windstopper also did the same. I sent a few items of windstopper back in fact. But one thing that I have notices with some of the noise problems even with gortex, is that if you wash the item in " goxtex approved" detergent like atsko sportswash, is seems to soften the material making it more quiet. I wonder if it would do the same with dry-plus. I am interested because I have a MT050 packable jacket, and I' d like some packable bibs (don' t care for pants while hunting) to match. As of now MT050 does not come in packable bibs. But, cabelas does offer tall bibs that are packable in dryplus.