Review: Patagonia
Patagonia offers a many products in a line of sports clothing ensuring that your experience is not hindered, but heightened through comfortability and functionality.
DOWN SWEATER
Everyone needs that external layer that you carry with you no matter what. The down sweater by Patagonia is just that piece you have been looking for. It provides warmth without giving you that bulky look and takes up practically no room in your travel bag.
The down sweater is superlight, weighing less than 11.3 oz, and compresses down into it's own mesh stuff sack, complete with a caribiner clip-in loop. Thanks to these features, I carry mine with me no matter where I am headed.
It performed fabulously in cold weather, with the elastic cuffs, and drawcord hem keeping the wind and cold from reaching my body.
The exterior is extremely durable, being high tear resistant. It is windproof water resistant utilizing Patagonia's durable water repellant fabric finish, which lasts substantially longer than standard repellants.
This jacket is also made of recycled used soda bottles, unusable second quality fabrics and worn out garments, thus significantly reducing its footprint on the environment – and who doesn't love that?!
Not only is this jacket highly functional, it looks fabulous on! The shape is contoured enough that you don't look or feel like you are wearing a down jacket!
When participating in outdoor activities or on your travels, you never know what mother nature is going to throw at you. This piece is perfect to throw in no matter what you are doing, without adding weight or bulk!
WOMEN'S R3 FLEECE JACKET
Who doesn't love fleece? It feels incredible while keeping us feeling warm and cozy. Unfortunately, when the wind picks up, this is where we realize the downfall to our beloved fleece. So what if you could have your fleece and wind resistance too? The R3 fleece jacket by Patagonia does just that for you.
It has a super-plush high-loft grid providing incredible warmth, while at the same time giving you moisture management. It is nonlaminated which makes it more breathable.
The R3 fleece is warm and highly breathable, with a dense Polartec WindPro face for wind-resistance. It combines a dense velour face that helps stop the wind, while the superplush grid interior adds wicking and warmth.
I received this jacket in the spring, and so far it has been a staple through every season, even into the winter months alone or as a layering piece!
The stretchy variegated-knit polyester of the R2 Fleece Jacket has superb breathability, warmth and compressibility, along with minimal weight. With an easy-to-use regular-coil zipper front, welded-in zippered pockets, and forward-set shoulder seams for pack-wearing comfort. Stretchy R1® fabric (made with polyester that's 60% recycled) inside the collar and cuffs enhances skin comfort, and the pliable R2 body fabric affords unrestrained movement.
The Micro Puff Jacket is a water- and wind-resistant jacket with high-loft insulation that stays warm when wet; made with recycled content. The tough, windproof Deluge® DWR (durable water repellent) shell houses warm-when-wet synthetic insulation that's compressible but won't clump, separate or drift.
The Down Sweater delivers lightweight, minimal bulk and high-loft warmth. The sharp-looking polyester shell, is water repellent, tear-resistant and windproof and made from polyester that's 50% recycled.
Wool 2 baselayer
While in Idaho we encountered temperatures that hit both extremes and had to be prepared for whatever mother nature had in store for us. With the Wool 2 Baselayer I was not only prepared but extremely comfortable.
Made from soft 4.4-oz merino wool with an extra-fine-gauge yarn and a durable jersey construction for a luxurious hand, it insulates even when wet, naturally resists odor, and stretches with your every move.
Made with an 18.5 micron wool fiber, it is the softest wool I have ever felt!
I found that I wore this piece on and off for a week straight. It was enough warmth to take the chill off without overheating.
Not only is it comfortable and warm, but all merino wool baselayers are chlorine free - safe, and irritant free!
Rain Shadow
Backpacking in the Sawtooth mountains brought on every kind of weather one could imagine. I was very happy to have the Rainshadow jacket in my pack. Very lightweight, it provided peace of mind without bulking up my load. It isfully seam-sealed and is waterproof/breathable, made from a tear-resistant nylon fabric.
Not only did this product stand up to the rain test, I found that it was functional as a layering piece to take the chill off during the windy, cool days.
...Fiftysense Product Review Panel