Gear Review
Icebreaker GT 260 Quantum Hooded Shirt - Long-Sleeve - Men's
Fall/Spring Outer or Winter Mid Layer
By Andrew Brandt
Ranked #118 - Men's Performance Shirts - Long Sleeve
November 28, 2010
Thought maybe my mine was the 2009 version, but I checked and it's 260 weight so I'll review here. Caught it on a sale up in northern MN this spring and I've been loving it ever since! I'm 6'1" about 190 and the Large fits perfect (though any little bit of padding is quite evident--this is a very athletic fitting piece!) I've used it in cool weather as an outer layer. Now that it's getting cold out it will go under my shell and over some additional merino layers and I'll be giving wind chill the finger during some winter alleycats as the scuba hood on this piece fits very nicely under my helmet along with a thin liner hat and a Buff for my face. There is additional venting under the arms to help with heat regulation as well.
The only feature that has me perplexed is the dual zipper. What am I going to do with that? They should have just saved the complication and put a normal zipper on this shirt.
Get this layer as an outer for cool weather over other bomber merino pieces or as an integral part of your merino armor for winter. Just know the hood will make you look like a ninja/stalker-creeper and your wife/girlio will ask that you leave it off except by necessity.
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Change me.
3 Comments Last Reply: July 18, 2011 By: Andrew Brandt
This is a super necro comment considering it's 7.5 months later, but I'm not sure "loose" would be part of how I'd describe this piece, though that might have to do with my waist more than the shirt I guess. The hood is certainly not loose in any aspect--when they say scuba hood they mean it! The zipper on the back is smaller gage than the main zipper, but I'll have to double comment after trying out my pack with the shirt to confirm where it hits.
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Oh, and i usually use a ProShell/softshell jacket over my 260 :)
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Hey Andrew:) Im pretty much the same size as you, and have size M 260 tech top that still fits me, but i've started to look for something a bit looser and with a hood, but without hand pockets that chew my hips under a hip belt. The Quantum fits very nice in those specs, but can you tell if the zip on the back will chew under the lumber pad on a backpack? I currently use the Osprey Argon 85 for size reference, with up to 40 pounds in it. Do you think it would be a problem on the back stash pocket?
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