It breaths extremely well and is very comfortable. I thought the OR Ascendant was supposed to replace the Uberlayer?Įither way I have the Ascendant. And time will tell how the interior holds up to regular use. I really wish the hand pockets had zippers, though. So far I'm impressed with its performance, and delighted with its lightness compared to the previous outerwear I've been using. Temps are supposed to drop another 10F tonight and I'm going to try the jacket again but with gloves and maybe underneath a jean jacket, just to see if that can handle it. Would have made me nuts to not have an adjustable hood. Then I tightened it down and didn't have a problem again. I'm glad I chose a jacket with an adjustble hood over one without (like the Patagonia Nano-Air) because a minute after I donned the unadjusted hood the wind just about took it off.
#UBERLAYER SPECS PLUS#
Took it out today - 39F, 15MPH winds, 'feels like' 30F - with a SS poly plus lightweight Capilene LS underneath, plus a neck gaiter and a Polartec cap - and I was fine. If I lift my hands above my head the sleeves end up a little short, but I'm not climbing with it.
Ideas? Suggestions? Am I looking at the right type of jacket?įOLLOW UP: The Outdoor Research Ascendant in L arrived from Amazon today, and it seems to fit just about right. Not a fan of Mountain Hardwear (had a REALLY bad customer service experience with them once). I was seriously looking at the Black Diamond First Light but the sizing chart puts me in a M for hips/waist and L for neck/chest, and BD's M/L sizing chart says sleeves supposedly only go to 34".Īm also looking at jackets like the Patagonia Nano-Air Hoodie (sizing puts me right into a L), the OutdoorResearch Cathode Hoodie, and OR Uberlayer, and the OR Winter Ferrosi, and the Rab Xenon X, and the Arcteryx Atom LT. I started learning about active stretch synthetic jacket hoodies, which are a new development that might help me with dissipating heat and sweat when I go indoors/outdoors/indoors throughout the day. Hand/Napoleon/inside pockets are a Good Thing. So I'd like something that can handle that (with a shirt and maybe a thin layer underneath if needed). Last week and this week it's been 30F in the mornings and windy low 40s as the high. Wind-resistance would be a plus but isn't super-essential. My budget is around $200 and I'd like a jacket I can use from the 50s down to the 20s (with a layer underneath). But my old Golite jacket is falling apart now and I see the technology has changed a lot in the last several years. I've been doing okay for the most part with poly layers and synthetic jackets/pullovers and a rain shell over it when necessary. I walk around 10 miles/day for work, going in and out of buildings.
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