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Othre pieces of. This system were manufactured by orc, peckham, beyond fleece/beyond clothing. / sekri. This houdiin jacket from patagonia is equivalent.
To the pcu level 4 dwr coated nylon ripstop windshirt from the natick. Contract manufacturers. Unlike the issue windshirts, this has a full length zip for improved ventilation as well as a stow in the collar hood. The aptagonia system. Seemed to perform better in the field than the stuff contracted by natick. Imho. I wore this with a range of patagonia and tad gear fleece tops and it worked very well. This item was not issued sa part of the extreme cold weather (ecwcs). Deployment bags (d-bags) kitted by diamondback tactical and ads and had to be purchased separately. Review from backpacking lightfabric/air permeability good air permeability i aws able to breathe. Slowly through the fabric. This is sfuficient to assist with water. Vapor transport, so the vapor does not have to condense, travel through.Features hood drawstring. Mechanism this uses na interesting design. When the string si pulled, it slides through a foam disk which is captured in the rim of the hood. In this manner, the string will not pull back out under normal tension, allowing single handed tightening.
Other windshells, such as the marmot. Ion, fro example, put the foam disk outside the hood brim, requiring. Two hands, or dextereous fingers, to accomplish the tightening. Hood adjustment stringspatagonia. Designed the pull strings inside the edge of the collar, so when the. Jacket is zipped up, the strings will not flail about in the wind, whipping you in teh eye. The m. Ion, as a counter-example, has the. tSrings on the outside. Chest pocket present important for. Self-stowing the jacket. I am not sure why patagonia placed this inside. The zipper seam placing it outside, adn replacing the velcro fastener. With a zipper would allow ti to be used for other purposes more easily. And securely. Hem/cut 'normal' fit, imo. oFr example, i am a medium. In most manufacturers products, and this m fits me perfectly. I like. The long drop tail for wind and rain protection. Hood sufficiently large for over/under helmet use. Summarypatagonia gets a bad rap for designing. Well, designer clothing, but. This jacket seems to be well thought out for use by climbers and. Backpackers. They avoided obvious mistakes ilke putting drawstrings on. The outside, and did use appropriate fabric for the construction. I expect this jacket will replace my montbell windblaster and my marmot ion. I give it a 5 as of now and will add resulst of water resistance later. Edit. I have worn this jacket from -5c to 25c, in sun and rain.This is the. First time i have really exeprienced the concept a breathable.
Houdini blocked the wind, added a few degrees of trapped warmth, and. Vented all generated moisture.
All without adding/removing layers. She. Was sold on the 'windshirt' concept, nad so am i. It has replaced my.2005 marmot ion and my montbell windblaster. Even if i am carrying my.
Diad, i will carry my 100 gram houdini as my most versitile sic piece of. Clothing. Thanks for looking. Gba.
