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dday1937
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Sep 21, 2018
Can someone speak more about the breathability? I will be using this to backpack in the Rockie, with a 18lb base weight pack.
I have a silpoly (not breathable at all) rain jacket. Was looking at the Patagonia capilene thermal for wind, but this is much lighter.
Im hoping this would work!
Stepbystep
549
Sep 22, 2018
dday1937I don't have this jacket but I think it would work just great. 11 CFM breathability is kind of in the middle and that was a good choice for this. Some wind shells have near-zero and there are some fabrics that are 20+ which are a bit much if the wind is strong and temps are cool (or fog/mist that dampens it). It's no replacement for your sil-poly rain gear, but wind shells like this add tremendous functionality to your clothing system and can potentially save weight/bulk in your pack if you can perhaps remove some other item or change up your choices. Putting this over a t-shirt, slikweight long sleeve base layer, or light grid fleece/cap thermal covers almost the whole range and can work just as well in less windy cool/cold forests or when exposed without tree cover. If it's cold enough that the fleece+shell isn't enough, then it might be time to shed the shell and just wear a light puffy instead. I wanted to get in on this drop but held off to see what the finished products were like, and maybe I'm glad I did just from all the sizing complaints here. I think the length is too long, and I can't do the lycra hood trim, so I bought one of the new versions of the Montbell Tachyon and love it. Costs a bit more, but it's lighter and smaller, better hood and normal length for use while wearing a pack. I don't know what the CFM is for the Montbell now but it is effective and very much improved over the previous fabric they were using. They also have a model that is more comparable to the Veil, weightwise and pricewise. Wouldn't turn my nose up at this MD shell if I needed it and any wind shell is a great piece to have in the kit.
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