http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733 EasyLoungin en-US Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:08:33 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://easyloungin.com/forum/search.php http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=3#post-504104 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:45:05 +0000 drjcv 504104@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p> Other than the price that thing is very cool. I wonder if I&#039;d find merino blends itchy? </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=3#post-503665 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 02:47:21 +0000 89c51 503665@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.naklin.com/products/jawbone-hoodie" rel="nofollow">http://www.naklin.com/products/jawbone-hoodie</a></p> <p>This is quite cool. </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=3#post-491437 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:54:19 +0000 drjcv 491437@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p> i think it was last year </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=3#post-491434 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:51:17 +0000 89c51 491434@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <blockquote><p>drjcv said:<br /> <blockquote>89c51 said: Bumping this for tech (not just cotton) hoodies or crew sweaters. Burton park crew looks good. Any other suggestions? </p></blockquote> <p>  <br /> its a cotton blend isn&#039;t it?</p> </blockquote>  </p> <p>Yes. I thought it was just fleece. </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=3#post-491423 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 11:04:01 +0000 drjcv 491423@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <blockquote><p>89c51 said: Bumping this for tech (not just cotton) hoodies or crew sweaters. Burton park crew looks good. Any other suggestions?</p> </blockquote>  </p> <p>its a cotton blend isn&#039;t it? </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=3#post-491381 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 07:47:27 +0000 89c51 491381@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <blockquote><p>shralp said:  Homeschool has some nice layering pieces with good breathability from the cocono fabric. I regret not buying any.</p> </blockquote> <p>  </p> <p>The tech hoodie is what i would like. But its only available in N.America. And it would be nice if they had a crew and a non zip hoodie with the same material.   </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=3#post-491364 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 05:54:43 +0000 shralp 491364@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p> Homeschool has some nice layering pieces with good breathability from the cocono fabric. I regret not buying any. </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=3#post-491358 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:42:59 +0000 89c51 491358@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p>My main problem is selection. ie. <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.thenorthface.com/catalog/sc-gear/mens-shirts-sweaters-filter-category-hoodies/men-39-s-surgent-hoodie.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thenorthface.com/catalog/sc-gear/mens-shirts-sweaters-filter-category-hoodies/men-39-s-surgent-hoodie.html</a> is not available across the pond. And the selection at local shops is also &quot;problematic&quot;. </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-491335 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:42:19 +0000 Spenser 491335@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p>if they make a merino hoodless ninja, i&#039;m all over it. </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-491334 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:40:36 +0000 matty 491334@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p>As for base layer, I&#039;m a ninja suit convert as of last season. The hoodless one is perfect for me. I&#039;m planning on getting a 2nd one this season. I already have a full-length sumo suit, too. </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-491331 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:38:51 +0000 matty 491331@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p>I picked up a Neff Daily Shredder hoodie for this season. 100% poly bonded fleece, longer cut (without being all new schooler), and it has thumb loops. It looks like a good spring outer layer, or a mid layer for super-cold days. </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-491317 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:13:32 +0000 drjcv 491317@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p>Yeah get a normal tighter fitting base layer and you should be fine. The burton mid weight stuff is pretty nice. Size down though it fits pretty big </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-491251 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:33:53 +0000 Robots are Nice 491251@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <blockquote><p>drjcv said:  Christ how thick are your hot chillies? Even Expedition weight Burrton first layers are an eighth of an inch thick. For thinness Marino wall first layers are probably the warmest</p> </blockquote>  </p> <p>its more that there pretty baggy and bunch up and double up in spots</p> <p>but marino wool looks and feels real nice, to bad it cost an arm and leg </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-491246 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 18:14:28 +0000 illocon 491246@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p>My experience is limited to a few trips where the temp can go as low as -10c.</p> <p>But since I&#039;m a fat lad I never needed more than a baselayer - normally reduced icebreaker gear nabbed from a market - a burton havoc flannel and a shell jacket.</p> <p>In the -2 to -4c in the snowdome its just baselayer and a hoody. </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-491241 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:46:54 +0000 drjcv 491241@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p> Christ how thick are your hot chillies? Even Expedition weight Burrton first layers are an eighth of an inch thick. For thinness Marino wall first layers are probably the warmest </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-491230 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:36:25 +0000 Robots are Nice 491230@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p> Not to hijack the thread, but whats a good thin but warm base layer? I was wearing Holden Standard Skinnies last year but when I put on my old Hot Chilis I&#039;ve had for years...wasn&#039;t digging the thunder Thigh affect. </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-491212 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:49:17 +0000 drjcv 491212@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p> In Canada. Check out mec.ca. It&#039;s like our version of Rei but with less brand variety. They have tons of polartech and insulated mid layers. Many with hoods which is rad. </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-491204 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:39:05 +0000 Boy 491204@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p> Picked up a matix insulated hoodie off DF the other day. Stoked. My layers are thermal, pearl snap, hoodie, 10yr old Bonfire shell. Works decently. </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-491188 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:51:11 +0000 Supra 491188@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p> there were loads of patagonia in the dept of goods at 50%. not sure if that sale is still going. Also, once or twice a year patagonia.com has a 50% off sale </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-491093 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:54:42 +0000 phony_stark 491093@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p>I have a B park crew, that I wear as a mid layer. I like it.</p> <p>Not as bulky as my fleece, &quot;feels better&quot; than a regular crew (maybe breathability?) that I would sometimes wear to cut on bulk, and inexpensive.</p> <p>Did just fine when it would &quot;drop&quot; (I&#039;m from california) into the low teens at boreal.</p> <p>Patagonia nanopuff is the best for....pretty much everything. I used my friend&#039;s and was amazed at how light it is and how warm it is. I can&#039;t afford one though. </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-491086 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:33:07 +0000 89c51 491086@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p>Bumping this for tech (not just cotton) hoodies or crew sweaters. Burton park crew looks good. Any other suggestions? </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-262190 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:02:16 +0000 RIPITUP 262190@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <blockquote><p>geoffthemover said:<br /> <blockquote>contra said:</p> <blockquote><p>drjcv said:<br /> id be fine. 10F is -12C and i routinely wear a 3L, a tech flannel and a first layer in that weather. </p></blockquote> <p>  christ almighty. they must build you people out of something else up north </p></blockquote> <p>  <br /> that&#39;s pretty much average temperature... me too, shell, fleece, first layer</p> </blockquote>  <br /> +1</p> <p>I wil switch up the thickness of the different layers depending on the temperature. </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-262081 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:50:23 +0000 gerry. 262081@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p>mid teens is fairly average in MN in the dead of winter. </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-261935 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 06:07:31 +0000 geoffthemover 261935@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <blockquote><p>contra said:<br /> <blockquote>drjcv said:<br /> id be fine. 10F is -12C and i routinely wear a 3L, a tech flannel and a first layer in that weather. </p></blockquote> <p>  christ almighty. they must build you people out of something else up north</p> </blockquote>  <br /> that&#39;s pretty much average temperature... me too, shell, fleece, first layer </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-261871 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:00:59 +0000 drjcv 261871@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <blockquote><p>pk-fire said:  exactly, but i was talking about the outer surface of the jacket?</p> </blockquote>  </p> <p>its windstopping DOES NOT come from the weave. it comes from the membrane. dwr doesn&#39;t stop wind. its wind proofing does come from a &quot;layer&quot; </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-261854 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:33:56 +0000 shralp 261854@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p>I wear a Burton tech polo over my ninja suit and love it. Cold days I will add an Airblaster platypus fleece. Really cold days (less than 10f) I break out the puffy. </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-261817 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:23:04 +0000 contra 261817@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p> insane in the membrane </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-261788 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:31:05 +0000 pk fire 261788@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p> exactly, but i was talking about the outer surface of the jacket? </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-261785 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:27:27 +0000 drjcv 261785@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <p>[s] They are all on the inside   </p> http://easyloungin.com/forum/topic.php?id=5733&page=2#post-261784 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:19:50 +0000 pk fire 261784@http://easyloungin.com/forum/ <blockquote><p>drjcv said:<br /> <blockquote>pk-fire said:</p> <blockquote><p>knowledge-is-king said:</p> <blockquote><p>pk-fire said:</p> <blockquote><p>tekniq33 said: To clarify, I am talking about what is between my uninsulated shell and my baselayer. When it is ridiculously cold in VT, there has to be something fairly substantial there or I am going to freeze my nips off. I have a North Face Redpoint Optimus synthetic insulation jacket that I use. Otherwise I have to rock my down jacket.<br /> Like I said, I don&#39;t have to buy a snowboard brand, I am just surprised there is not a lot out there. I guess they figure they will sell you a $300 shell and a $300 down jacket, instead of $300 for the shell and $150 for the mid-layer. I will probably stick with the north face or get the Patagonia down jacket. </p></blockquote> <p>  seriously, give the winstopper fleece a shot. </p></blockquote> <p>  <br /> Of course we can agree to disagree on this one but from my point of view, Windstopper Fleece as a midlayer doesn&#39;t make much sense. You don&#39;t need the wind stopping mid layer if you&#39;ve got a shell on. Windstopper fleece is less breathable, heavier, less packable and stiffer. </p></blockquote> <p>  all of this is true, but it&#39;s warm as hell and it&#39;s breathable enough for me. i never feel stuffy or wet underneath it, ever. that level of layering is hard to find, it&#39;s usually either a lot lighter fleece or a puff layer<br /> edit: also, the outside of windstopper is nothing like a softshell or a bonded hoodie, its winstopping comes from the weave, not a DWR kind of layer or anything. </p></blockquote> <p>  <br /> windstopper has a membrane.<br /> <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.windstopper.com/remote/Satellite/toc/TechnologyOfComfortFrameset/index" rel="nofollow">http://www.windstopper.com/remote/Satellite/toc/TechnologyOfComfortFrameset/index</a></p> </blockquote>  but the membrane is on the inside... </p>