Now I'm confused. The description says that this jacket is NOT insulated, but people have mentioned that this has the high-loft fleece backing which is considerable amount of insulation.

Can someone confirm?

Nex251480 - Let me be clear on what I'm asking. I also call highloft/midloft fleece interior insulation...its another form of insulation. See the Arc'teryx Hercules or Firee jacket. From what Deskdfriver has said this jacket lacks either a fiber fill or hi/medium loft fleece insulation.

Rocky Mountain Goat, Thanks for your question. The Eider Power Pro softshell, that has the high loft interior, should be available on the site in the next week or so. I hope this is again helpful for you.

Insulated means the jacket shell is hollow and filled with insulation. This material has a backing that has loft, it acts as insulation, but this does not make the jacket 'insulated'. Consider it the difference between the insulation between the walls of your house vs mounting carpet to the inside of your windows.

DeskDriver - Do you know when the other powershield Pro stuff will be available?

Rocky Mountain Goat et all, Thanks for your questions regarding the Norrona Narvik Powershield Pro Jacket. If you have read anything about this new material from Polartec, you will know that you get weather protection of a hardshell, Windstopperesque CFM properties to block wind, and the best of both worlds, air permeability. Norrona is only one of three manufacturers globally to be using this material. The Narvik does not feature a high loft fleece backer. If you are looking for PowerShield Pro with a high loft fleece interior we have a piece coming in from Eider that is killer for this season. The Norrona piece is equally great, just not insulated. I have been testing this material for about 5 months and am sold on the functionality, and I am not a softshell person. I hope this is helpful.