alpental-ski

Okay, everyone else here has described the features of this jacket better than I could- it's all true, but I want to call out the embroidered goat logos. These are great. The chest one is bold and beautiful and there's a little peek-a-boo one on the back of the collar too. You are going to feel cool and unique wearing them. One guy asked me if that was some kind of secret society of outdoor people- and I said yes. You're probably sitting there thinking "Wow, that's a lot of money for a softshell from BC.com- do I really trust them to make a product as good or better than the 'big' brands?" The answer is yes- and the cool goats put it over the top.

Like a lot of people, I've never actually hunkered down and spent a LOT of money on goggles- even though (like a LOT of people) I've often been frustrated in foggy conditions with foggy gogglies... so I took the plunge with these- because who can deny that "high vis-lens" doesn't sound very appealing. Now for the price I paid I have to say I needed these to be PERFECT in every way, and for the most part they are. I saw the bumps far more clearly in bad conditions than I ever have, and if I'm very careful I don't get any fogging inside the mask (I did cat-crap them just to be extra sure). The only complaint is the coating seems to have a slight 'shadowing' effect that can be a little distracting. Not so much when you're skiing but when you're standing around or on the lift it's just enough to annoy me, still I've decided that this probably is a result of what ever coatings are required to get the otherwise excellent high-vis. affect which is what they are known for.