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What do you think of this jacket?
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Adidas Summit Goretex Softshell


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Adidas-Summit-Ski-moutain-Gore-tex-Soft-Shell-Jacket-M_W0QQitemZ370000921561QQihZ024QQcategoryZ93791QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

What do you reckon about the colour? Too bright? Ok for the slopes? Would you wear it and any experiences with Goretex Soft shell?

I've a reason for asking, but i'll share that if i get any responses as i don't want it to cloud your judgement of the jacket Very Happy
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Nowt wrong with the colour - orange is great!!
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Softshell is water resistant rather than waterproof so not as good in the wet as XCR, IMV... which is fine in most snow conditions but a downour. I have one for Golf and bluebird days... a MH Softshell, but I hardly ever wear it for the latter as my Paklite covers that base as well...and it is more Mountain-proof anyway.

So I wouldn't invest a lot of money in softshell as my No 1 piece of kit.

As for colours..most of them as seasonal and I expect to wear a jackets for 4-5 seasons so I avoid last years colours..whatever that colour may be.

I have seen a nice green jacket that I really like, but......... Shocked Laughing
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shoogly,

Technically..I'd want a draw-string on the neck as that bucket opening would catch water, IMV, and the hood looks a big clumsy...
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cheers for the input guys...

JT, you say you wouldn't invest a lot of money in a softshell...

well that's cool, cause i picked it up in TK Maxx for £25!!! Its tag had reduced from £45 on it. How i laughed. The only thing i'm not sure about is the colour. The hood is actually pretty good. It's got the same kind of adjustment on it as my North Face jacket. The only real reason i bought it was because of the price - bargain - but i wasn't sure if that was clouding my judgement about the colour of it or not.
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I love skiing in my softshell. It is a Columbia titanium.
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shoogly, bowfin'. Well, you did ask Little Angel
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Needs a protected zip? doesn't look like it has much in the way of pockets. Good for easyJet ground staff on a rainy day at Gatwick though.
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Looks like a waterproof zip to me but I doubt you'd want to out in the rain in it...
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why put goretex in something you don't go out in the rain in?
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Frosty the Snowman, that's good to hear. I just bought a Columbia Steep and Deep (titanium range) jacket and it feels amazing, so light and flexible. It was pretty expensive (though in usa it seems, strangely, to be dirt cheap) given what I've previously spent on jackets, but it feels so much more comfortable and it is so intelligently designed that I couldn't resist.

I'm not sure whether it is technically soft shell, and suspect it might be, but I was assured that it was fully waterproof and possessed impressive insulatory properties, attributes which the shopkeeper did not ascribe to certain more expensive models.
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I think the colour is wicked! Orange is a good choice! (take a woman's advice!) plus I work as a fashion stylist ;o)

If you think this is bright, you should see the westbeach jacket I'm selling! pink, brown and white with a crazy pattern (I think it looks hot anyway...)
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