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KT927
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Nov 21, 2018
I'm an outerwear junkie who understands that there is no one jacket that is a universal solution to all conditions. Starting with lightest: I own Patagonia Houdinis, a Massdrop Wind Veil, and an Arc'teryx Squamish. These are all great in windy dry conditions when you don't want the wind cutting straight through to your skin. The Houdini is my favorite but I would highly recommend the Wind Veil if they can improve the bad zipper set and sewing. When the weather is cooler I wear beneath the wind jacket either a Patagonia fleece, a down or synthetic vest, or, in cooler weather, a Patagonia Nano Air (or hoody) or Mountain Hardware Ghost Whisperer Hoody (or my ancient MH Zeus or any number of heavier down jackets I own). If it is not too cold my Rab Xenon X is a great ultralight one layer solution to windy and cool with a minor chance of light and variable precip. If it is going to be rainy and cold, for an outer layer I go with an Arc'teryx Alpha FL (great shell but no pockets or pit zips), an OR Helium II (great ultralight but no pit zip or hand pockets) or my goto OR Foray, which has incredible pit zips and hand pockets. If there is bushwhacking involved I use a Marmot Precip as a shell since I can replace them on sale for only slightly more that the cost (and pain) of having to patch and renew dwr finish on a more expensive jacket. If it is very cold and snowy I use something like my Rab Neutrino Endurance with a Patagonia fleece beneath (I own all the R1 variations as well as the R2 and R3). The Neutrino is super warm and allows you several options to dump heat if you need to and the fleece underneath pulls any perspiration away from your skin.
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