[at-l] Opinion Please (WindBloc Fleece)

[m_factor@hotmail.com (Mara Factor)]

I really liked the windbloc fleece glove/mittens (fingerless gloves with an 
attached mitten covering) I used on the AT.  They really are windproof.

I could vent easily by pulling the mitten portion off or keep toasty with 
the mitten portion on.  I don't think I would want an entire jacket made of 
the stuff as it would probably be too hot.  I think it's much more practical 
to have a separate shell for those windy days.  FWIW, Regular fleece is more 
"cozy" than the windbloc stuff.

I've since gotten some other gloves at Ragged Mountain that are made of a 
different type of fleece that feels much more like regular fleece but is 95% 
windproof (WindPro perhaps?).  They are definitely cozy but do not have that 
plasticy or stiff feeling that the WindBloc stuff has.

Still don't know that I would want it in a jacket but I would much more 
consider that fleece than the WindBloc fleece.

Mara
Stitches, GAME99

>From: saunterer@jimbullard.org
>Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 17:50:58 -0400
>
>I own lots of fleece but I've never tried the WindBloc Fleece.  If you
>have, was it really wind proof?  Was it worth the extra money?  ...

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