'Jackets' Post Category

One of the weakest points on any rain jacket is the many seams and zippers that come in a rain jacket. As soon as you puncture that waterproof rain jacket material you give the water a way to get through to you on the inside. So something like a p...

A fleece jacket just by itself will do a good job of keeping you warm. But a fleece jacket with hood will do an even better job of keeping you warm. The reason is that a lot of your warmth when you’re outside is lost from your head. It takes a lot...

When winter rolls around and you go outside you need something that is going to keep the cold at bay, and a good piece of gear to do just that is a winter fleece jacket. What makes winter fleece jackets such a good item to have in winter condition...

Just like any kind of jackets, there are all different kinds of shapes and sizes to choose from. But if you’re a backpacker, hiker or something similar, you will likely want the lightest down jacket that you can get. Every little piece of gear add...

Fleece comes in several different weights, starting with micro fleece, which is quite thin, which is followed by 100, 200 and 300 weight fleece, 300 being the thickest and heaviest. So if you want a heavy fleece jacket, what you need is a 300 weig...

There is a wide range of fill qualities when it comes to down jackets, starting with lower quality downs in the 500+ fill and 600+ fill range, all the way up to the very high quality 900+ fill down, and the very rare 950+ fill down. So while an 85...

Down jackets come in all different shapes and sizes, but a thin down jacket definitely has its uses. The thinner a down jacket is, of course, the colder it will be. So if you don’t need to stay extremely warm a thin down jacket is a good idea. But...

There aren’t many down jackets with Gore Tex shells out there, but they do exist. The main benefit of a Gore Tex down jacket is that the down inside stays dry. Wet down has a tendency to clump together. When the down clumps together it doesn’t do ...

A micro fleece jacket, micro fleece being the thinnest kind of fleece, is a great piece of gear to have in a wide variety of conditions. Mainly micro fleece jackets are used to keep you warm, but fleece has a few other properties, like the ability...

A rain jacket without a hood isn’t going to do you much good. The rest of you will stay more or less dry, but your head is the highest thing on you, and with nothing between it and the elements, it’s going to get wet when the rain starts falling. ...