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Golite Infinity and Intuition Packs
Can anyone comment on their experience with the Golite Infinity and Intuition Packs? My wife and I are considering the Infinity as our new all around winter and weekend/ambitious day hike pack (we...

In GEAR » Golite Infinity and Intuition Packs
February 20, 12:56pm

Cris's Test
Cris, Couldn't agree more with you about the high price of the Arcteryx Alpha Comp Hoody and I wouldn't encourage you to go out and buy another shell. However, remember that someone could pick up...

In GEAR » Patagonia Ready Mix Versus Cloudveil Hooded Prospector Jacket and Arcteryx Alpha Comp Hoody
February 19, 1:39pm

Ready Mix Sizing
John, It's my favorite winter softshell as well. I've been in moderate to heavy rains with it and with a DWR in shape will give you about an hour before it's wetting out with seams that are seale...

In GEAR » patagonia Ready Mix jacket
February 19, 1:33pm

one more thing
The Four Shadows may be more comfortable in much milder conditions, around 45-55, but the OR Float Hat might work well in those conditions as well. I may keep the Four Shadows for use in milder we...

In GEAR » Schoeller Dryskin Extreme versus Schoeller WB400 Without Membrane for softshell hat
February 11, 4:59pm

Just tested Float Hat and Four Shadows in wet start of a blizzard - No Contest, OR Float Hat hands down
For anyone who's interested, just tested the OR Float Hat and Cloudveil 4 Shadows in 32F at the wet snow start of an E Coast blizzard, under mildly windy conditions. The Float Hat was amazing. In...

In GEAR » Schoeller Dryskin Extreme versus Schoeller WB400 Without Membrane for softshell hat
February 11, 4:56pm

My conclusion on Ready Mix versus Alpha Comp Hoody versus Prospector versus Epsilon
Anyway, from all I checked out from this forum and from checking out the material, I'm quite convinced the Ready Mix is a better all-around 3 season light cold weather softshell than the other shel...

In GEAR » patagonia Ready Mix jacket
February 10, 9:44pm

OR description of WB400 in Float Hat
From Outdoor Research "Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. According to our design team, there is only one WB400 fabric and it has an interior acrylate coating, not a membrane. This coati...

In GEAR » Schoeller Dryskin Extreme versus Schoeller WB400 Without Membrane for softshell hat
February 10, 12:30pm

Re: Re: ready mix vs figure 4
Mark, Actually, the Patagonia Ready Mix and Figure 4 do not use the same material. As I believe someone mentioned earlier, the Figure 4 is made entirely of the reinforcement material on the Rea...

In GEAR » patagonia Ready Mix jacket
February 10, 12:27pm

Epsilon and Ready Mix
Hi Craig, Thanks for the helpful comments on the Epsilon. Sounds like you made a good buy and hope you get lots of good use out of it. I also called Arcteryx and a dealer I know who has the Ep...

In GEAR » Arcteryx Epsilon SV Jacket (BPL, Please review!)
February 09, 7:59am

OR Float Hat and Cloudveil Four Shadows
I had the opportunity to snag one of the few remaining OR Float Hats (Schoeller WB400) out there - it's a better softshell hat than the Cloudveil Four Shadows (Schoeller Dryskin Extreme) which I al...

In GEAR » Schoeller Dryskin Extreme versus Schoeller WB400 Without Membrane for softshell hat
February 09, 7:51am

All Reader Reviews by E J

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eBAY.com
Craig, How do you set up an auto search on eBay? Not familiar with that feature. Did you set up an outside program to crawl eBay? eBay is not only useful for acquiring used and new gear at low...

In 1 - COMPANIES (Customer Service)
December 20, 7:51am

Patagonia Houdini Wind Jacket
My wife has had such good experience with her Houdini that I'm going to switch over from my Montane Lite-speed. I've used my Montane Lite-Speed in almost all conditions. The material has excellent ...

In Clothing - Wind & Soft Shell
January 30, 9:40pm

Montane Lite-speed
I've used my Montane Lite-Speed in almost all conditions. The fit is quite good, with plenty of room to layer underneath, without being way too big. I'm 6 ft 180lbs, 42 chest and I do fine with the ...

In Clothing - Wind & Soft Shell
January 30, 9:31pm