 Poster: A snowHead
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Most good wintersports jackets are designed for cold weather, and generally have plenty of capacious pockets for goggles, sunglasses, hat, mobile phone, wallet, hip flask, wax, tools, etc.
However, when it comes to warm weather, the respective jackets seem to have far fewer pockets (tending to be smaller too).
Needing a new warm weather jacket, a cheap jacket caught my eye on Amazon recently: https://amzn.eu/d/05dCQIkZ
I ordered a 4XL (=UK XL). It has all the pockets I need (apart from a sleeve pocket for liftpass), and the sleeves and hood are removable to provide a sleeveless jacket for really warm weather.
It has very little insulation, but it is sufficiently wind resistant that it will prevent too much heat loss when ascending chairlifts to the colder mountain tops.
I thought I'd make post about it, because being very pleased with this jacket upon receiving it, I thought others may be interested in my discovery.
Is there a better value warm weather jacket?
Or one of higher quality and superior styling that still has plenty of pockets?
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Tue 5-05-26 13:43; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I use the same shell jacket all winter. I add an extra down mid layer when it's very cold, and ditch the mid layer completely when it's hot, and open the vents. I also have a softshell if I'm doing a lot of warm weather skiing, but haven't used it for a while.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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My TNF one has a zip in quilted jacket and a top shell layer, so I have all the pockets I need in one jacket. I can even add a thicker puffer jacket under it if I need to. My need for pockets has diminished over the years. I take a small glasses case with the magnetic lens for my everyday glasses, a glasses cloth and a spare buff. There's a lip balm and a small tube of suncream in another. Phone has a bank card on it, so no need for the whole wallet. I have a visor helmet, so no googles to cart around. Hubby has the hip flask, or rather Leki Hotshot ski poles.
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The two things I need in a jacket (and trousers) for skiing in spring is that it's waterproof and breathable unless you give up if it's going to rain, sleet or snow soggily. It doesn't look like it's got underarm zips. I very much doubt that jacket would have have been much use on my last day this year: after 11 out of 11 bluebird days in the Alps, the 12th was heavy snow or rain below 2500m.
Given the cost of going skiing, that looks a false economy compared to something you might get from a little-known but good quality brand (Kilpi, for example) on somewhere like SportPursuit.
In other words, it doesn't look like good value to me. Also, the "tactical" look is dreadful. I'm going skiing, not paintballing.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Like others, I use a thin Wedze (Decathlon) shell jacket with no inside coating most of the season, with vents galore, so it's perfectly adapted for spring skiing and I suspect much better than the one linked. I do have another Haglöfs one with a thin felt-like inner coating and stiffer outer fabric that I wear when it's colder or wetter, but that's more just to save wearing an extra layer than anything else.
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@Crosbie, how's the weight of that compared to a normal shell jacket? Looks bulky and heavy to me. Like others I have one shell the whole year around, and just vary what I wear underneath it.
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@kitenski, it's extremely light. Almost as light as a kagoule, and folds up almost as small. It's pretty much just a shell (possibly double layer) with mesh lining.
However, it looks like a full size jacket.
My main ski jacket is a gortex shell with detachable duck down puffer liner. However, the shell is rather too loose and baggy without the liner.
I put function above form.
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@Crosbie, interesting, thanks!
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Flannel shirt works great. cheaper too.
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I regularly test/review jackets and have a ridiculous number I've acquired over the seasons, and only three weeks ago had a massive clearout.
This is an article about the different types of jackets you might be considering and what the advantages/disadvantages of them are.
I should add that I tend to avoid going out when raining, and if you're a hardcore hill walker from the UK you probably know what works and what doesn't and how to treat your jackets, and I've yet to find a jaclet that keeps me dry on the inside when working hard!
https://stylealtitude.com/best-type-of-ski-jacket.html
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I should add that I tend to avoid going out when raining
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Jolly good idea
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I should add that I tend to avoid going out when raining
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Given 6, sometimes 12, days per year in the Alps, the choice between skiing in the rain or not skiing at all has a different outcome than it would if I lived there.
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