bounceswoosh
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Well, the Patagonia jacket arrived - and it's wonderful! So I'm, *koff*, also ordering the insulated pants and the shell jacket.
No, hear me out!
Insulated pants: My current pants are old and frayed, and they are somewhat low-rise, so they expose my back to cold and wind. Just what you want on days when you need insulated pants. I had ordered Diva Snow Gear insulated bibs, because they were the only insulated bibs I could find (TNF makes one, but it's slim fit, which is mosdef not going to work). The DSGs are 200g of insulation. That's just a lot. I keep trying to convince myself it'll be okay, but they are HEAVY and BIG and just ... a lot. I'm hoping the Patagonia pants will be less trouble.
Now, on the shell side, I love my jacket - except for its teeny weeny single interior pocket, whose dimensions are literally smaller than a men's wallet. I can use it for chapstick and some tylenol - that's about it. The other thing is that the color has faded (story of my life), and seam is wearing down on the shoulder, where my skis go when I carry them. I'm going to reach out to Arc'teryx about what they can do about it - their warranty is no joke - but if the Patagonia shell fits as well as the insulated jacket ... well, I already know the features are great.
IF all this plays out, I would end up with:
Magenta shell over plum bib shell pants (options for teal and electric blue pants, as well).
Bright blue (but not quite electric) insulated jacket over magenta insulated pants.
I'm moderately annoyed about the risk of magenta/magenta, but I don't think it's a real issue because I've never been tempted to wear shell on one part of my body and insulated on the other. There's also the risk of blue/blue the other direction.
Fingers crossed that after buying all this XL gear, I will finally lose weight so that it doesn't fit ;-)
No, hear me out!
Insulated pants: My current pants are old and frayed, and they are somewhat low-rise, so they expose my back to cold and wind. Just what you want on days when you need insulated pants. I had ordered Diva Snow Gear insulated bibs, because they were the only insulated bibs I could find (TNF makes one, but it's slim fit, which is mosdef not going to work). The DSGs are 200g of insulation. That's just a lot. I keep trying to convince myself it'll be okay, but they are HEAVY and BIG and just ... a lot. I'm hoping the Patagonia pants will be less trouble.
Now, on the shell side, I love my jacket - except for its teeny weeny single interior pocket, whose dimensions are literally smaller than a men's wallet. I can use it for chapstick and some tylenol - that's about it. The other thing is that the color has faded (story of my life), and seam is wearing down on the shoulder, where my skis go when I carry them. I'm going to reach out to Arc'teryx about what they can do about it - their warranty is no joke - but if the Patagonia shell fits as well as the insulated jacket ... well, I already know the features are great.
IF all this plays out, I would end up with:
Magenta shell over plum bib shell pants (options for teal and electric blue pants, as well).
Bright blue (but not quite electric) insulated jacket over magenta insulated pants.
I'm moderately annoyed about the risk of magenta/magenta, but I don't think it's a real issue because I've never been tempted to wear shell on one part of my body and insulated on the other. There's also the risk of blue/blue the other direction.
Fingers crossed that after buying all this XL gear, I will finally lose weight so that it doesn't fit ;-)