Camping or Cubicle

By Andrew Brandt Ranked #15 - Men's Shirts October 27, 2009

Warm and functional enough for cool to cold weather camping, stylish enough to make it past the business casual dress code at your office! I have the carob from 2 years ago (read: brown). Functionally the fleece is very warm, though it is a mid layer at heart--you aren't stopping any wind with this sweater. The quarter zip neck height matches a turned down turtleneck perfectly. Open it is stylish and closed it snugs to you neck keeping you warm but is short enough not to crowd the jaw line. Style wise having the fuzzy part of the fleece on the inside makes the outside look stitched like a sweater--thereby fooling your office manager into thinking it IS a sweater. Take that dress code!

I'm 6'1" 185 and the Large fit my torso perfect prior to washing, and though I've been super careful and only washed it a handful of times in it's now 2 years of life it's gotten just a bit more baggy in the torso. That being said for a Large the Sleeves are a solid inch too short for my liking. When I hold my arms in the air the sleeves are noticeably short of my wrists.

I was lucky enough to grab this on sale, though perhaps even at full price it'd be worth it given its ability to look nice enough for work while still providing excellent warmth to weight for camping.

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