![]() Reducing bulk with a trim fit will also save weight. Having pockets mostly matters if you plan to wear your fleece around camp since, if you’re wearing it on the trail, you can store things in your backpack pockets instead.įit: A slim (not tight) fit is best as it will minimize cold spots and dead airspace. Pockets: Zippered handwarmer pockets are the most functional, but kangaroo pockets (found on many pullover-style fleeces) work well too. Many of the fleeces on this list have both hooded and hoodless versions. If you opt for a hood, make sure it has a shock cord adjustment so you can keep it in place and seal out cold drafts. Hood: Adds to the weight and price of the fleece, but the increase is usually minimal, and you get a lot of added warmth in exchange. If you can’t decide, you can split the difference by going for a half-zip. Pullovers are a pain to get on and off and can’t be unzipped to dump heat, but the lack of zippers minimizes heat loss. Zipper: Full-zip jackets are well-ventilated and easy to take on and off, but the zipper also adds weight and creates a cold spot down the middle. What are some features to look for in the Best fleece midlayers for thru-hiking? Go with fleece if you want a durable layer that you can wear while hiking or if you need to keep a close eye on your budget. Also, they’re significantly cheaper than puffies. It’s no big deal if your fleece midlayer gets wet because it’s a hydrophobic material that absorbs less than 1 percent of its weight in water and dries quickly. They’re also thin enough to be breathable and offer a full range of motion, making them better suited to heavy activity. You can wash your fleece in the laundry with the rest of your clothes, unlike a down jacket, which needs special care. They’re not prone to snagging, and in the event of a rip, they’re easy to sew up with a needle and thread. It's interesting, I've seen the durability debated on here before, with wildly different experiences claimed.Fleeces are easy to repair with a needle and thread, unlike most insulated jackets. Though not sure how I'd get my Nitro in contact with either of those. Can only think of the pieces on my shoe heels for the Dirty Gurl Gaiters, and on the XMid vents. Though didn't have any velcro I recall in my clothing/gear. Though I'm sure there were unseen "microfibres" as in any fabric. I also hand washed my Nitro in light coloured campsite/hotel sinks at least 4 times. ( And my partner will tell you that I'm annoyingly observant/pedantic about things like this that most people aren't interested in!) I often noticed down from our sleeping bag/quilt as well as other debris and human hair etc but never noticed any blue fibres from my Nitro. Each morning when I packed the tent, I usually shook the floor down and emptied crumbs etc. Pulled in and out of pack/stuffsac/pillow bag in tent. Often worn for sleeping in on colder nights as well as on days when needed. Given Polartec have long made efforts at appearing to be green, and knowledge of microfibres shedding has been around longer than Alpha, I would hope they'd not be pushing a fabric on the market that sheds a magnitude more microfibres than a standard microfleece? Not saying I don't believe that Alpha doesn't shed fibres like any other fleece, just that ours don't obviously regularly shed visible fibres in any excess manner, which is what you imply (and obviously experience)? What I mean is that I don't find they obviously shed "just looking at them" But that isn't what we were discussing as such.
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