Mountain Hardwear Torzonic Jacket Review

Even occasionally to snug in size medium.

Mountain hardwear torzonic jacket review.

Quite baggy overall especially in the sleeves. The irresistible love child of the popular torsun and stretch ozonic models this mountain hardwear women s torzonic jacket is a technical rain shell primarily created for high activity applications. Face fabric is showing some pilling. The stretch ozonic is a backpacker s best friend light and comfortable under a pack.

Using mountain hardwear s proprietary dry q active 40 d stretch material it sheds water and breathes beautifully. I m 5 10 175lbs and bought the medium. The nitrous is still a top scoring jacket and is less expensive but overall we prefer the ghost. Then out came the mountain hardwear hooded ghost whisperer which is much lighter and the winner of our editors choice award.

April and may have been chilly and wet in the wasatch and i ve been glad to have the stretch ozonic on hand. Expanded pit vents boast dual direction zippers to go with the three total pockets found on this jacket. Normally mountain hardwear stuff fits me much snugger. However don t expect this jacket to be able to fend off a full day of moderate to heavy rain.

Free shipping on orders over 49 and earn up to 10 back in moosejaw reward dollars on every order. Experience the outdoors with mountain hardwear. It features a 40d face made of four way stretch 100 nylon. Unfortunately i didn t care for the fit of the jacket at all.

2 5 layer dry q active fabric is incredibly breathable and provides tremendous stretch for comfort and mobility whilst dry q elite instant on waterproof breathable air permeable technology. Check out our complete down jacket review to see how this compared to others. It is however not a rain jacket if you go out in a monsoon this will not keep you dry it s best for marginally wet weather where your own body helps you keep warm and vaporize moisture. The jacket is overwhelmed by moderate to heavy rains.

Light stretchy and tough the torzonic combines carefully mapped dry q elite fabric with mountain hardwear s premium material dry q active ozonic fabric to enhance comfort while remaining light weight. Mountain hardwear calls the stretch ozonic a wet weather backpacking shell but to test i mostly used it on mountain bike rides trail runs and walks around the park in the rain. Not clammy not crinkly collar falls flat when not zipped breathes well and packs down small. But as i have discovered over the many hundreds of hours i have stood in the.

Light stretchy and tough the torzonic combines carefully mapped dry q elite fabric with our stretch dry q active ozonic fabric to enhance comfort while remaining light weight.