Dantheflyinggarbageman
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Columbia White Out 1.0 puffer.
It was my first and since I saw it 40% percent off in Monterey, CA, I bought is for only $78. Usually this type of Columbia puffer is $90-$120 dollars.
It's a great jacket with hood but appropriate for much colder climates for my speedwing flying. We never see 32 degrees Fahrenheit in the day and rarely is it anywhere in the 40s in my flying work shifts on the coast.
So a few days a week I fly on city or park beaches and specifically pick up plastics. The temperature range is low 50s to high 60s Fahrenheit. Being that I volunteer using my paraglider wing, all rainy days are days off days.
Construction:
The poleyester Columbia jacket that I have is one with synthetic insulation. While not as warm or packable as their down offerings, it's warm on that down level because it has NASA metallic silver fabric on the inside. It reflects body heat moderately well but not as extreme as their gold foil or solar panel interiors which they call Omni-Heat Infinty and Omni-Heat Arctic. I have the more affordable Omni-Heat Reflective metallic silver lining. A gold foil interior puffer is in the $200s price wise and the full on Arctic lining is a hundred more.
This is good for the inland mountain flying adventures, but too hot for coastal flying or in the case of most sane humans, trekking or walking the dog along the coast.
The zippers aren't waterproof but more than adequate.
I use the side pockets but never need to utilize the plush interior of the pickets.
There's a hood that I never use but I like the drawstrings to hug along the waist.
Techie features:
It's a regular jacket so it won't pack down like a Patagonia Nanopuff.
It is bulky but still sits well under my Columbia rain shell anorak jacket if needed. It can be worn over the rain jacket, too. The puffer itself is mildly water resistant.
I use it as my outer layer in non rain conditions.
If I just happen to be out in wet weather and about not on my flying job, I prefer use a thin, synthetic REI puffer similar to the Patagonia Nanopuff under the rain shell.
Price to performance:
It's not the cheapest option like many Amazon offerings, many of which are excellent, yet it's not expensive like my Patagonia or the Rab or North Face heavy puffer I plan to get in a year.
It's not as stylish looking as an everyday puffer like a Vuori and it's a technical jacket in every way and not a looker.
It's four stars out of five for my moderate weather purposes but if it was for a colder climate I would give it five stars.
It was my first and since I saw it 40% percent off in Monterey, CA, I bought is for only $78. Usually this type of Columbia puffer is $90-$120 dollars.
It's a great jacket with hood but appropriate for much colder climates for my speedwing flying. We never see 32 degrees Fahrenheit in the day and rarely is it anywhere in the 40s in my flying work shifts on the coast.
So a few days a week I fly on city or park beaches and specifically pick up plastics. The temperature range is low 50s to high 60s Fahrenheit. Being that I volunteer using my paraglider wing, all rainy days are days off days.
Construction:
The poleyester Columbia jacket that I have is one with synthetic insulation. While not as warm or packable as their down offerings, it's warm on that down level because it has NASA metallic silver fabric on the inside. It reflects body heat moderately well but not as extreme as their gold foil or solar panel interiors which they call Omni-Heat Infinty and Omni-Heat Arctic. I have the more affordable Omni-Heat Reflective metallic silver lining. A gold foil interior puffer is in the $200s price wise and the full on Arctic lining is a hundred more.
This is good for the inland mountain flying adventures, but too hot for coastal flying or in the case of most sane humans, trekking or walking the dog along the coast.
The zippers aren't waterproof but more than adequate.
I use the side pockets but never need to utilize the plush interior of the pickets.
There's a hood that I never use but I like the drawstrings to hug along the waist.
Techie features:
It's a regular jacket so it won't pack down like a Patagonia Nanopuff.
It is bulky but still sits well under my Columbia rain shell anorak jacket if needed. It can be worn over the rain jacket, too. The puffer itself is mildly water resistant.
I use it as my outer layer in non rain conditions.
If I just happen to be out in wet weather and about not on my flying job, I prefer use a thin, synthetic REI puffer similar to the Patagonia Nanopuff under the rain shell.
Price to performance:
It's not the cheapest option like many Amazon offerings, many of which are excellent, yet it's not expensive like my Patagonia or the Rab or North Face heavy puffer I plan to get in a year.
It's not as stylish looking as an everyday puffer like a Vuori and it's a technical jacket in every way and not a looker.
It's four stars out of five for my moderate weather purposes but if it was for a colder climate I would give it five stars.
