Excellent jacket

By Brian G. Sweeney Ranked #1100 - Men's Technical Shells June 16, 2009

Its the best jacket I've ever owned. Waterproof, windproof breathable; all the stuff they claim it to be are absolutely true. I got it late last winter for ski touring, resort skiing and hiking and i'm still wearing it now that its June. If you get warm easily as I do, you *will* sweat a bit under it (though markedly less so than you would with any lesser product), but thats what the pit vents are for. Also as you move around the breathability increases quite a bit. Unless it's really warm out and your standing still it should be fine. The only thing that actually irritates me about this jacket are the pit vents - I have a tough time opening them while im wearing the jacket. I've found this to be true for every jacket i've ever owned so I guess it's not too big of a deal. On the other hand, they provide 2 zippers per vent so you can open from either end and adjust the location of the aperture.

UPDATE:

Upon further consideration this is not really windproof. I guess this makes sense as it would not be breathable if it were windproof. I think the expectation is that if it really is windy and cool then you are layered up underneath of it (softshell or maybe a few shirts of varying weight). Anyone else concur with that assessment?

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