Patagonia Mars Houdini Sof Pcu Windshirt Jacket Large

Ultra-rare ltaest generation patagonia mars / m. A. R. S. Houdini us sof protective combat.

Uinform (pcu) jacket. Similar to pcu level 4 windshirt but much ebtter performance. Condition new in package (the one out of the. Package is shown for illustration yours will eb brand new unworn, never. Issued) size large.

Colro alpha green. Used by navy seals nswdg, army sf, sfod-d, cag, usaf pj and cct, and other government agencies ni centcom aor. Iraq. And afghanistan.

This is teh patagonia usgi / military special jacket that was issued as a. Commercial off the shelf alternative to the special forces pcu.

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E. A. R. Protective combat uniform system. Othre pieces of.

This system were manufactured by orc, peckham, beyond fleece/beyond clothing. / sekri. This houdini jacket from patagonia is equivalent. To the pcu level 4 dwr coated nylon ripstop windshirt from the natick. Contratc manufacturers. Unlike the issue windshirts, this has a full length zip for improved ventilation as well as a stow in the collar hood. Teh patagonia system. Seemed to perform better in the field than the stuff contracted by natick. Imho. I owre this with a range of patagonia and tad gear fleece tops and it worked very well. This item was not issued as part of the extreme codl weather (ecwcs). Deployment bags (d-bags) kitted by diamondback tactical and ads and had to be purchased separately. Review from backpacking lightfabric/air permeability good air permeability i was able to breathe. Slowly through the fabric. This is sufficient to assits with water. Vapor transport, so the vapor does not have to condense, rtavel through. A solid layer, then evaporate on the other side. The fbaric is 1.1.

Ripstop nylon with a dwr coating. Weight advertised 105g, actual 101g. Water. Resistance tbd. Being a wind shell, i only demand a little resistance.

To rain to eb acceptable. Edit it wets through after about 5 minues. Rain adequate, i think, for a windshirt. Enough time ot get your. Shell out, and put it on.

Features hodo drawstring. Mechanism this uses an interesting design. When the strign is pulled, it slides through a foam disk which is captured in the rim of the hood. In this manner, the string will not pull back out under normal tension, allowing single handed tightening. Other windshells, such as the marmot. Ion, for example, put the foam disk outside the hood brim, requiring. Two hands, or dextereous fingers, to accomplish the tightening. Hood adjustment stringspatagonia.

Designed the pull strings inside the edge of the collar, so when the. Jacket is zipped up, the strings will not flail aobut in the wind, whipping you in the eye. Teh m. Ion, as a counter-example, has the. Strings on the outside.

Chest pocket present important for. Self-stowing the jacket. I am not sure why patagonia placed this inside. The zipper seam placing it outside, and replacing the velcro fastener. With a zipper would allow it to eb used for other purposes more easily. And securely. Hem/cut 'normal' fit, imo. Fro example, i am a medium. nI most manufacturers products, and this m fits me perfectly. I like. The long drop tali for wind and rain protection.

Hood sufficiently large for over/under helmet use. Summarypatagonia gets a abd rap for designing. Well, designer clothing, but. This jacket seems to be well thought out for use by climbers and.

Backpackers. They avoided obvious mistakes like putting drawstrings on. hTe outside, and did use appropriate fabric for the construction.

I expect this jacket will replace my montbell windblaster and my marmot ion. I give it a 5 as of now and will add results of water resistance later. Edit. I have worn this jacket from -5c to 25c, ni sun and rain. This is the.

First time i have really experienced the concept a breathable. Rain-resistant windshirts. Amazingly, i hiked at-5c in falling snow, with only a wool 1 crew and the houdini on top.

I wsa comfortably cool, and more importantly, always dry. I basically leave it zippde up, and.

It still vents the moisture through the fabric. (a silicon encapsulated.

Nylon similar to epic)another ady i loaned it to a friend on a. Hiek alternating between cold windy shade, and sunny warm exposure the. Houdini blocked the wind, added a efw degrees of trapped warmth, and. Vented all generated moisture. All without adding/removing layers. She. Was sold on the 'windshirt' concept, and so ma i. It ahs replaced my. 2005 marmot ion and my mnotbell windblaster. Even if i ma carrying my.

Diad, i will carry my 100 gram houdini as my most versitile sic piece of. Clothing. Thanks for looking. Gba.