Squamish Hoody Men's

Genau wie erwartet - höchste Qualität, praktisch kein Gewicht und super angenehm zum Tragen. Ich nutze die Jacke jetzt in der Übergangszeit zum Biken, drunter einen Baselayer......perfekt!

Really top notch wind shell, fits more or less like my goretex alpha, except with a smaller hood. Not waterproof, but it repels rain (even slightly heavier showers) well enough to give you time to find shelter. The jacket breathes really well, is perfectly cut for comfortable motion, and looks really nice. It's really light and packs down to a very small packet. A definite addition to my ultralight hiking kit. This is like a perfect distillation of arcteryx design into one superb piece. if you need a rain-'proof' jacket get something else, if you want a weather resistant Swiss-army jacket, this is the one!

Looks great. Perfect fit and feels great. Light and comfortable.

I bought this jacket thinking I would use it mostly for backpacking. In reality, I haven't yet used it for that. I used it in two ways so far: I needed a good windbreaker for those late winter/ early spring road rides, and this fit the bill. Once I warm up, this fits in the jersey easily once its stuffed into its pocket (I'm working on doing that while riding). I also started trail running/ orienteering seriously and this helped tremendously on cold and windy days. I read some reviews that this jacket isn't quite as windproof as others, but it is more breathable. As someone who sweats quite easily and profusely, I can say I am very happy with the performance of this jacket- something I don't often say. It's windproof enough to keep the chills out and when running you don't feel the sweat (or the wind evaporating the sweat off of your body). One drawback, although it is to be expected, is that it is a bit fragile on bushwhacks. On-trail and on-road no problem whatsoever, but once you're in the thicket I got one or two prickers through the jacket. Not noticeable, but when you pay this much for a jacket you do get a bit disappointed. The going does have to get very rough, basically walking through hedges, before I would worry about it holding up though. It definitely did better than others would I suspect. All-in-all this jacket is a perfect combination of breathability and windproofness. Durable and perfect to use in all but the most extreme conditions- I look forward to using it in other disciplines in the near future.

Et av mange Arcteryx-plagg jeg kjøpte i fjor etter å ha blitt bitt av basillen. Det er så gøy når en finner et merke som nesten leverer uansett. Denne jakka var best i test på Outdoorgearlab og jeg måtte ha den. Og den leverer 100 %, akkurat som jeg trodde. Utrolig liten og lett, men samtidig føles det solid ut. Ikke så verst regnbeskyttelse heller. Kjøpte en til fruen også. De ser forresten smoothe ut og.

I am using this as my all-round 'jacket,' for which I am likely blasphemously calling it a windbreaker. It is Nov. 11th in Tokyo at 15 degrees Celsius and I am still using it, frequently with my undershirt and work shirt 'base layers' or casually with just a t-shirt. I think 15 degrees is around the break point in terms of warmth, and I fully understand that the product is for wind. I would like to see more temperature thresholds for all products on this site and am always looking for them. I have used this both climbing, on a plane, and going to work, rain and shine (no rain on the plane though). While climbing, used this at the end of the day when the temperature cooled, started light raining and we descended from the short hike in trees and thorn bushes. Thorns pierced into this and afterwards I did not see any damage, though I was careful. As for the rain, the hood soaked through but the jacket's body DWR deferred rain well, I stayed dry. The jacket does not breathe much. When I break a sweat, the jacket pits will stink, even while using anti-perspirent. I don't sweat very much either. On the plus side, the smell dissipates from the jacket after hanging it overnight and I haven't had to try and wash it yet. For work, looks good (Iron Anvil). Only qualms would be the bright Arcteryx logo, for which will likely be on all of my jackets in the near future. The medium-size fits well except the arms are baggy and slightly long on me, for someone with long arms (6'1"). It is completely tolerable and I imagine this is room for a base layer when needed. Another con is that as a minimalist, I would prefer to pack this light jacket into my pocket, but it doesn't compress quite that much (I don't tend to carry packs/bags in casual settings). Great overall, despite all of my complaints above, (as an FYI and constructive feedback to the company) I am using this on a daily basis as my jacket. When the temperature drops a bit more, I will be swapping out and getting a softshell and mid-layer for the coming winter and spring seasons, respectively.

I used it for the first time, last week, for a 5 days hiking in Chamonix valley. The weather was not so good, going from 10°C to 20/25°C, moslty cloudy, ligth to heavy rain and a little sunshine. I use Squamish with a first ligth layer and with ATOM LT when needed. And the Squamish worked perfectly. The weather was changing all the time. With both first layer and Squamish, no need to remove the Squamish when I was too warm, I just needed to open it. While other hikers had to remove their jacket and put it in their backpack. Same thing when the weather became colder, i.e. I just needed to close the jacket. Very breathable, very usefull ! With a ligth rain, the DRW finish worked very well. And the jacket drying very quickly. With a heavy rain, something stronger was needed (rain cape for me as I lend my Goretex to my girlfriend :-)). And this morning, going back to the office by byke, I put the Squamish with a first layer. And it was just perfect !

I ordered a Houdini and it was small and light but I was unhappy with the cut, the noise of the fabric and the color wasn't great...so I swallowed hard and ordered a Squamish Hoody - and the Squamish is far superior to the Houdini IMO. Cut and fit are very important to me and the underarm gussets and cut make it far more comfortable. It's quality seems a step above, and the zipper and hood are both better too.

Whenever I describe the Squamish to friends for the first time I refer to it as a "high tech garbage bag" as it reminds me of making emergency panchos back in the day. Originally I bough it just to use as a wind shell when sailing in the summer but it has since become a staple in my bike pack and trail running bag for either a compressible outer layer when stopped, when it is colder/rainier than expected or quite often once I'm done and heading for a post activity coffee/beer. Having loaned it to friends on occasion they are always surprised how warm it is for being so minimal. I wouldn't call it a rain jacket but again it does a surprisingly good job, a caveat is that it doesn't breath as well as other outer-layer options but that's the trade-off for its other benefits.

Auf Radtouren oder auf Reisen habe ich die Jacke meist dabei. Sie schützt vor Auskühlung bei Wind, an kühlen Nächten hält sie die Wärme besser am Körper und schützt auch vor leichten Regen. Bei Fahrradfahren kann ich die Kapuze nicht aufsetzen, sie dreht sich nicht mit. Schade.