Mountain Hardwear Torzonic Jacket Review

Lightweight with good stretch makes the mountain hardwear stretch ozonic jacket a great all round mountain hardshell lightweight hardshells abound i the outdoor clothing sector so it s often difficult to carve out a niche when the choices are many.

Mountain hardwear torzonic jacket review.

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. Quite baggy overall especially in the sleeves. The jacket is overwhelmed by moderate to heavy rains. It features a 40d face made of four way stretch 100 nylon.

Expanded pit vents boast dual direction zippers to go with the three total pockets found on this jacket. Free shipping on orders over 49 and earn up to 10 back in moosejaw reward dollars on every order. However don t expect this jacket to be able to fend off a full day of moderate to heavy rain. It features a 40d face made of four way stretch 100 nylon.

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. The nitrous is still a top scoring jacket and is less expensive but overall we prefer the ghost. 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. I m 5 10 175lbs and bought the medium.

Face fabric is showing some pilling. Even occasionally to snug in size medium. Unfortunately i didn t care for the fit of the jacket at all. Using mountain hardwear s proprietary dry q active 40 d stretch material it sheds water and breathes beautifully.

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. Experience the outdoors with mountain hardwear. Then out came the mountain hardwear hooded ghost whisperer which is much lighter and the winner of our editors choice award. But as i have discovered over the many hundreds of hours i have stood in the.

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. The mountain hardwear stretch ozonic is practically in a category of its own. The stretch ozonic is a backpacker s best friend light and comfortable under a pack. Normally mountain hardwear stuff fits me much snugger.

April and may have been chilly and wet in the wasatch and i ve been glad to have the stretch ozonic on hand.