Poster: A snowHead
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Apologies in advance for the incredibly vain question, but looking for some advice from the snowboarding hive-mind. I've bought some Volcom snowboarding outerwear in the sales, and want some advice on what you guys think LOOKS the best. I've got the Volcom Stretch Gore-Tex pants, and two jackets: the Guch Stretch Gore-Tex in yellow and the Guide Gore-Tex in orange. Both are 3L Gore-Tex shells designed for the harshest conditions, and I'm looking to do more Freeride/backcountry riding in the next few years. Also, all this gear will last me years and I don't want to have to upgrade/change etc. So it's yellow vs orange, please let me know what you think looks the coolest lol
Click here to see me wearing them with my gear:
Yellow.
Orange.
From a practical perspective,
Yellow: Two top pockets and two side pockets, NO inside pockets, "droptail" fit so the back is slightly lower than the front.
Orange: Two top pockets, NO side pockets, two inside pockets, regular fit
Both have the Volcom zip tech which allows you to zip your jacket to pants to prevent any snow coming up under any circumstances which I love. They're basically exactly the same jacket other than the above differences.
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Wed 1-01-20 14:56; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yellow! The orange looks a bit red and there are a million and one people skiing in red (myself included). If it wasn't such a good jacket I would have changed it years ago.
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Yellow is more cool (says someone who just bought a burnt orange Rab jacket)
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No idea but that wonky zip on the yellow would drive me nuts.
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Orange. Always orange.
Though I agree it's a bit on the red side of ideal.
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surely its about the combination of colours... for example Yellow jacket, yellow trousers, yellow helmet, will just make you look like a large banana.
so you need to consider all of the colours.
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Bob wrote: |
surely its about the combination of colours... for example Yellow jacket, yellow trousers, yellow helmet, will just make you look like a large banana.
so you need to consider all of the colours. |
Yeah that's why I put my helmet, goggles, face mask, gloves, pants and boots on as well!
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Orange seems to be a thing this year. But I do worry about the sanity of people who ask questions like this on the internet. There's a far simpler answer. Use a mirror.
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Both really look awesome mate!
I preferred the official picture of the orange jacket but think the yellow one looks awesome on. Both very good looking!
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whoops sorry, didn't click the arrows
I'm an Orange fan, so Orange gets my vote.
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Yellow for me, complete with wonky zip.
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Wonky zip is the best just need to pair with a complete colour clash on salopettes/trousers
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You know it makes sense.
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Yellow for the intermediate/advanced
Orange for the advanced/expert .
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Timc wrote: |
Wonky zip is the best just need to pair with a complete colour clash on salopettes/trousers |
Haha I had thought about getting the "burnt red" version of those black Volcom pants (to look like something below) but the only place that stocks them is in Italy and it would have been a pain for delivery (and returns) had I not liked them. Everything I buy generally is free returns (or pay with PayPal so you can get return postage refunded).
Spoiler
So ended up going with black instead for ease. Hard enough to decide between jacket colours!
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Poster: A snowHead
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queenie pretty please wrote: |
Orange seems to be a thing this year. But I do worry about the sanity of people who ask questions like this on the internet. There's a far simpler answer. Use a mirror. |
What choo talking bout Willis? I was rockin orange 10 years ago.
Tbh they're both not my style but the wonky zip would drive me nuts too.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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You are in the mountains - function over fashion every time.
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Yellow, the orange looks a bit too red and as others have said a lot wear red. I might be biased as I have a yellow jacket and black trouser combo I like and wear my burnt orange jacket with with blue not black!
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I prefer the Yellow.
My Jacket is like a mixture of both those two colours.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Yellow with the black trousers, otherwise orange with any other colour.
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chocksaway wrote: |
You are in the mountains - function over fashion every time. |
Agree entirely. These two jackets are essentially functionally identical however (otherwise the decision would have been easier), which is why I asked people's opinions on the fashion side of things, as that is important to me as well, although secondary.
They are both essentially exactly the same Volcom 3L Stretch Gore-Tex shell, with the only exceptions being (1) colour, (2) droptail fit on the yellow (which is functionally irrelevant as they both have zip tech and so no snow comes up anyway), (3) pockets, although same in quantity, vary by arrangement, both of which are acceptable to me.
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Orange will be easier to get the ketchup stain out
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@Whitegold, perfect. Thank you
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