Comments on: 2009 Gear of the Year http://www.feedthehabit.com/gear-reviews/2009-gear-of-the-year/ Mountain Biking, Backcountry Skiing and Outdoor Gear Reviews Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:02:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason Mitchell http://www.feedthehabit.com/gear-reviews/2009-gear-of-the-year/#comment-5643 Jason Mitchell Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:00:02 +0000 http://www.feedthehabit.com/?p=5509#comment-5643 The result is the Nano Puff continues to shine. 15-degrees and I was warm and cozy (granted I was running so warmth is a given). But, I just got back from skiing at Solitude this morning were the AM temps were in the single digits. I sported the Nano Puff underneath the Backcountry.com Stoic shell (very lightweight) and I was super-warm. Course... again, I wasn't sitting in a fish house on Lake Okoboji fishing for walleye. For that kind of "adventure", you've got to get kitted up with the whole down sleeping bag get-up. The result is the Nano Puff continues to shine. 15-degrees and I was warm and cozy (granted I was running so warmth is a given). But, I just got back from skiing at Solitude this morning were the AM temps were in the single digits.

I sported the Nano Puff underneath the Backcountry.com Stoic shell (very lightweight) and I was super-warm. Course… again, I wasn’t sitting in a fish house on Lake Okoboji fishing for walleye. For that kind of “adventure”, you’ve got to get kitted up with the whole down sleeping bag get-up.

]]> By: Jason Mitchell http://www.feedthehabit.com/gear-reviews/2009-gear-of-the-year/#comment-5595 Jason Mitchell Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:04:25 +0000 http://www.feedthehabit.com/?p=5509#comment-5595 Indeed... not a 15-degree piece, but in the 30's as an outer layer, it's held its own and that's really its purpose. I'll see how it fares today as I give it the "how cold will this go" test on my 15-degree run. We'll see. Indeed… not a 15-degree piece, but in the 30′s as an outer layer, it’s held its own and that’s really its purpose.

I’ll see how it fares today as I give it the “how cold will this go” test on my 15-degree run. We’ll see.

]]> By: Stephen Regenold http://www.feedthehabit.com/gear-reviews/2009-gear-of-the-year/#comment-5594 Stephen Regenold Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:01:17 +0000 http://www.feedthehabit.com/?p=5509#comment-5594 Cool picks. That Patagonia jacket is a nice piece and very packable. But not super warm. Maybe warm for its weight. But when you see it, it looks like a "down puffy." Not the case. Cool picks. That Patagonia jacket is a nice piece and very packable. But not super warm. Maybe warm for its weight. But when you see it, it looks like a “down puffy.” Not the case.

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