This jacket is sweeeet

By war2619792 Ranked #1310 - Men's Technical Shells January 7, 2009

I love this jacket. Hand pockets where I want them (I hate how some north face raise them up), removable hood (that works well! even with a helmet) and powder skirt, plenty of internal pockets (mp3 player with passthrough from front chest as well as internal, goggle, chest pocket and arm pocket (nice for goggle cloth), flip down ski pass holder (velcros out up and out of the way if you don't need it, and is attached by elastic fabric for give), additional ring for attaching lift tickets, nice suede-like material inside the neck/chin area that is comfortable (don't see this on many shell jackets and it's a niiiice touch), a fold-over hook/loop overlap for the front of the entire main zipper (I prefer this to maximize wind protection), and lastly the fabric is looped over the top of the zipper so that the inner protection flap (that keeps your chin/lips from rubbing on the zipper) doesn't move (if you've had a jacket that has a flimsy flap this is a pain in the butt... like my Descente jacket). This is just a well designed jacket. The only negative is that the fabric doesn't feel like 3 layer pro shell, but I can't seem to confirm my hunch (comparing it to an Arcteryx Sidewinder SV I have which is the 480N 3-layer pro-shell). I unfortunately can't comment yet on how durable the jacket is, or how water/windproof it is as I haven't gotten it out to the slopes yet. At a glance though this is a badass jacket and I wish other manufacturers would take a look at these really simple features and add them.

View Details: Mountain Hardwear Vertical Jacket - Men's

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