Columbia men’s ascender soft shell, shell jacket, the perfect compromise between blizzard in the forecast and, first chill of fall. This multifunctional softshell works hard and plays even harder. It’s made from Ridge supple soft shell with all the comfort of a heavy sweatshirt and the weather, fighting prowess of a hardshell jacket, rugged warm, durable and yet decidedly presentable. This wind and water resistant softshell jacket is a versatile all season piece with an impeccable fit built to keep you protected in milder weather and layer under shells and jackets for bonus, warmth in more severe conditions.

I’m 5 feet 11 inches and weigh about 85 kilos, and this jacket fits me perfectly through the body the sleeves have velcro tabs, so I can tighten the cuffs to take account of them being just a little bit long, but just a little, I’m so pleased with the cut of this jacket. I have three of them now the listing photo for my first color choice. Stone green makes it look deeper than it actually is it’s more like olive green, by which I mean the color of an actual olive in the fridge it has black zippers, while other versions of zippers color matched to the rest of the jacket eg, this carnelian red, which makes the product look more high-end than when finished, with standard black made a good excuse for getting the blue one too.

My only criticism of this jacket is that the sleeves are lined for warmth, with a kind of microfiber that sticks to whatever long-sleeved shirt or sweater. You might wear under it and makes it hard to pull the jacket on and tug it off, but the struggle is worth it because the jacket looks so crisp and clean. Once on plus, it’s cut slim enough to look really good worn under an overcoat, a parker or even a blazer video shopping network, an amazon affiliate to see this product on amazon click.

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Welcome back to living Pacific Northwest guys today, we’re gonna be doing a review. Softshell front zip jacket by far one of my most favorite jackets that I own here’s a quick view on it. We’re gonna do some water, repel tests and I’m gonna show you how it looks on me later in the video stay tuned. If you’re looking to buy this for size, I’d base it off a t-shirt, size, I, wear medium t-shirts, I buy medium jackets, just how I fit my jackets. So to start out we’re gonna go over pockets.

You have two front pockets on one breast pocket. Let me show you the inside of these real, quick, alright, so this front pocket deep enough to put it goes all the way up here, all the way down here. So it goes from here to here. This whole front. Section right here is your front pocket. You got a lot of room to do stuff and on the inside of the pocket, here’s the inside of pocket I’m, not sure if you can see that, but it’s a kind of like a fleece material, very soft, maybe microfiber material on the inside, which is the same on the inside of the jacket.

I’ll, show you that real, quick, alright for the inside same as the pockets. It’s got a nice little I, don’t know what material it is fleece or it’s soft. It’s very soft to the touch it’s very comfortable to wear. As far as this front pocket right here, you got like a basic square. Going from top stops goes down, stops stops, so it’s a decent little you can fit. Probably I can fit my entire hand spread out in this pocket. The nice little pocket same material on the inside a little bit of a fleece or soft material.

All right. Let’s move on to the water test, of course, here in Washington it rains a lot and I wear this spring fall and throughout the winter during the winter it does get a little cold right. Now it’s about 28 degrees, so where I’d wear, probably maybe a tank top and then a t-shirt under this. If it’s really cold, usually I just go with the t-shirt, and then this for in town walking around shopping do doing whatever I do take this hiking sometimes but I get a little warm in it.

I’m gonna pour some water on here real quick and show you how well this thing actually beads water off I’m gonna drizzle, some water on it just a show like a rain effect. If you will and then I’m going to actually pour some water and see how wet I can get it. Okay for the first test, I’m going to just drizzle some water down here on the lower pocket area, see if I can’t get that off. Usually it uh shakes right off, as you can see, there’s a little bit of water on there, but it literally wipes right off, don’t know if you can see it, but you did not soak in it’s beating it’s not soaking in I’m gonna pour some water on see how well that does all right.

So here’s the pour test, as you can see it, just beads this water up, it’s crazy! How well this works for a softshell jacket, I love, it completely dry, a few little there’s one little wet spot right. There I dumped decent amount of water on there. What did this sleeve here I’ve had this jacket for about three years now, I have not put any sort of fabric slick on it or waterproofing anything it’s just purely from what the company does there’s no extra added anything! That’s why this is my favorite jacket, it repels water, so well for what it is.

The price point on this I believe I could bought it for 70 bucks, plus tax and shipping, which is not bad at all and I’ve had it three years, and obviously you just saw how well it beads off water. I saw the rest of bottle. So let’s go ahead and pour it all over this jag and see what happens all right, I’m, just gonna lift this up. As you can see here, it does look like it got a little wet right there, let’s see if it’s, okay, oh okay, here’s the other side of that not even damp it’s damp on the outside.

It didn’t beat off as well. Well maybe yeah, that’s dry, that’s completely dry! That’s wet! Cuz I was touching up there, but my back my hands dry, but that was a lot of water to be pouring on there and you saw how well it beat it off. I’m gonna put something on the zipper and see how well that does alright guys, here’s the zipper test. Don’t you see that? But it’s a going down the zipper and beating off see how what it is now gonna lift this up and get all the excess off.

Alright, as you can see, that was a decent amount of water is an entire water bottle. I poured on this the only parts that got a little wet right here, cuz I kind of rubbed it in a few little speckles over here- and this is a little wet on. You can see that on my finger, but this is a little wet where I sat there and poured it so I’m gonna unzip this and see if the inside is what real, quick, okay, just unzipped it it doesn’t seem like this is very wet at all. There’s a little bit of dampness right there.

Oh wait! Yeah it’s a little wet right here! I, don’t know if you guys can see that. Let me unzip this alright. So right where I was pouring that water a little bit, you can probably see that right there, all these little spots right here, damn it’s not terrible at all, but it is a little damp, but I was pouring it directly on the zipper and doesn’t really had that much of a protective layer just has that small little protection right there and then a small fold right here but I’m sure.

If I kept going, it could have gotten more wet, but I poured an entire water bottle on the entire jacket. The shell itself, the shop soft shell part, did absolutely fine. So the zippers are the only weak point at this time in terms of how it fits I’m. 510 weigh 165 on a good day, and this is a medium jacket and if it’s snug not tight, not tight, if it’s snug I can still put my hand under the jacket and move around I got to say: I have a few inches of wiggle room under the jacket, which is nice, I’ll put it on and show you guys here in a second alright guys so I just switched my hoodie you put on the jacket and I’d like to note something real, quick I was wearing this hoodie, it’s basic everyday hoodie and it’s 20 degrees right now, ain’t bloody cold.

As soon as I put this jacket on it kept my body heat inside the jacket. It’s keeping me warm right now. I have a thin t-shirt on right. Now. It’s not like warming me up incredibly well, it’s just keeping my body heat where it’s supposed to be. That’s a nice thing to note to note about this jacket. Now, I’m gonna turn this game around and show you how it looks on me. There’s probably some dirt on the back, so please forgive me for that. Nice and snug, it’s form-fitting on the sides, but you still have enough room to get your hand up there to adjust something.

If you need to there’s the arm for you, it’s got a little bit extra room. My arm ends right here and it goes out a little bit extra. Well that allows for layering too, if you’re looking for hygiene or what have you it’s a nice jacket to go just below the waist. My belts right here just covers the pockets very nice I, like it I, really enjoy it all right. I got my hoodie back on I got this laid back out. This well I’ve said this multiple times throughout this video is my number one.

Favorite jacket, I, absolutely love. This jacket had it for about three years now and as you can see, the water repellent is still working, fantastic, I wouldn’t say this is waterproof. It’s just very, very good at repelling water, very good at repoing water. All those spots, it’s still a little damp up here, but everything else completely bone dry. The only negative thing I have to say about this is: if you get dog hair on this jacket, it is a pain in the ass to get it out.

Aside from that, it is a wonderful jacket. I frequently thought about buying a second one of these, just a half, throw it in the truck keeping the truck what-have-you, but I haven’t done it yet just kind of have 70 bucks lying around, but for the price it’s a very nice jacket, I definitely would buy it again. I got this one off Amazon, like I, said for 70 bucks plus shipping plus tax, but that’s it for today, guys please like and subscribe. If you liked the video, if not give it a thumbs down, let me know what you guys are thinking.

If you want to see this jacket, do something weird throw some mud on it or something, let me know don’t think of anything too bad, though cuz I, like the jacket, don’t want to ruin it. Alright, guys see you next time.

What we got here well, I was out in the nice if I had a jacket, it’s good logic, because you know jackets prevent colds. It’s been Tennessee proven jackets to prevent colds. What kind of jacket is this I’m not entirely sure I, just clicked a button online saying jacket we weren’t going to Boise all, but we know we see has a little tail is, must be returned. The original packaging, including hangers Paul, don’t hurt the same poly bags, so it’s a poly bag, I think pieces of old girls.

This is like space-age I. Think so, because I’m just pulling full count, look how silver it is. Ins Oh. What is this? What the Craig? This must be. A microfilm I bet, there’s a secret message inside it weight-wise. What is that I know? No I think this is a special bonus. Whoa. Look at this look at look at it. It’s all your fantastic glory, your pull harder. Why don’t you grab the corners here in just kind of there you go.

Oh, this feels like we know, they’re going to keep away. The wind keeps away. Wind will come to the inside there. – buzzing -, zippers zippers up and down I like my zippers to zip down when closing it not up and closer, because when you go skiing what, if a branch grabs your zipper, English it and then all your stuff flies out, so you wanted something up or down I want to zip him down. This is zipping up too close I know I’m saying it should be the other way was it say a lot of things that I don’t really want to read right now got here: oh, not bad! This guy, it’s kind of stylish! Look! It’s water, slash, wind resistance! Why do your world? Look? It’s all dusty! Why don’t you wash her stuff before you send it good grief? I was expecting a Taj Mahal.

This AK this effective, why it was cheap because it was dusty. Good I, like this little pocket right resistant, a little in event. Okay, that’s French for water-resistant! Now, I, like my jackets with inside pockets, so I can look like a secret agent or something oh, yes, I knew wait. Nameless is in the secret pocket, no secure pockets. There’s it’s very fuzzy on the inside I bet. I bet, it’ll, keep you pretty warm.

It’s got little thingies right here, so you can like I, guess, adjust the waist thing. So if you want your jacket to grab your butt, you just go like this. It looks like something that some secrets no agent would wear. You know the same: a secret storage. You know the the snow agent moss yeah. What’s that one movie, were they going to guys brain inception? Yes, there they were snow agents at the last level of the dream.

If I was there, I really look kind of cool with these things on they were like. Look at me, you cool. Do you need jackets? If you’re in a dream, it depends if it’s a cold dream here. I am loving life and my jacket, it’s pretty good, but we’ll test it out test the elements it’s so far, so good Here I am laying on the ground I’m trying to become one with the earth when you’re snow falls, I’ll be ready.

Now, when one has to get their mail, they have to put on a jacket. This is my jacket to get the mail and for other things too, I have a very long driveway. Oh no mail, well I decided to see how the public world would like my new jacket. Surely I can stop people in their tracks I. Just these people should be crashing. They crash eventually, so yeah, it’s an OK jacket. Um. As you can see, it looks very good with nature and it made sure you you look good.

Yes, Oh protected, looking how they bounce off. No. This was a train. Nothing is denting that at this that’s perfect.

Much for tuning in my name is John today, I have for you a convenience good! That’s right! Today we’re going to be taking a look at the Columbia men’s, a center hooded, softshell jacket, I picked up on Amazon for $69 and two cents. It actually gets four and a half stars out of five stars out of three hundred and fifty-seven reviews on Amazon Prime, so I figured what better way to open up this holiday season.

This fall winter spring part of the year. I know a lot of you watching. This are probably in a part of the country where it’s cold, so I figured I would order a really nice Columbia men’s jacket that will keep you warm, that is, water, resistant and wind resistant as well. This jacket comes in a variety of colors: it comes in black, bolder, collegia, navy, gray, graphite, olive green and dark Mountain, which is like a sort of dark blue.

Now you’re probably wondering what is the difference between a softshell hooded jacket and a hardshell hooded jacket, and the difference is: is that a softshell is a stretchy material, so this material is actually kind of stretchy. You can pull on it a little bit and it actually has some gift as where a hardshell jacket, you cannot tug on it. It’s it’s. It’s not stretchable, okay.

So let’s actually take a look at some of the features of this jacket. Here, it’s a beautiful, Columbia men’s jacket, as you can see, you’ve got a really nice hood on the back and it’s actually adjustable with the velcro here. You’ve got a really nice front chest pocket next to the Columbia logo, so you can actually store like the water like a wallet or a phone.

Maybe in there, as you can see, it is just big enough to fit my hand in there and just big enough to fit a phone in there, which is really nice original ticket price for this Jack is actually a hundred and twenty-five dollars. So $69 and two cents is a really great deal. Let’s go ahead and take a look at some of the quality control aspects of this jacket. The stitching is absolutely seamless here.

Zippers run smoothly, no problems there whatsoever. Unfortunately, I did not order multiples of this jacket. So I can’t tell you what the quality control is like, like I, don’t have a big enough sample size to tell you what the quality control is like, but I’m telling you right now. This is an absolutely stunning jacket and when you open it up, you get this beautiful soft fleece material on the inside and of course, if you actually look at the side of the jacket, you get a couple side pockets which are a little bit bigger than the chest pocket.

You can fit your hand in there and then some so that maybe would be where you would put a majority of your things and, what’s really nice, is you also get this same pocket on the left hand side as well. Other minor details of this jacket are the hood itself has fleece in it, which is really nice. As you can see, I got the extra large size here stitching around the cuffs is seamless again, and what I notice here is you’ve got another velkoz velcro strap.

So if you actually want to tighten the cuff a little bit or loosen it a little bit and again, this is a stretchable sort of material. It’s not stretchable like spandex, but it is stretchable to the point where, if you’re someone who maybe has a thick watch on, you can definitely wear it underneath and maybe loosen up this cuff a little bit so that you can slide your wrist in and out of your cuff, to look at your watch.

It is also wide enough to accommodate love. So, if you’re wearing a thick pair of gloves- and you know you want to maybe increase or decrease the amount of when that gets in, you can adjust this velcro strap accordingly. So, as you can tell, this, jacket is really built for a cold winter environment. Like I said earlier, it is light, snow and wind resistant, so that is a huge advantage.

I know for a fact that when you’re up north and it’s windy out and it’s cold, you know you want something to break that wind, and this will be the jacket to help you do so and help you maintain a stylish look as well. Okay. So enough of me talking, let’s see what the jacket looks like on me. So, as you see, you’ve got the hood here, which is really nice and again it is fully adjustable.

So if I want to adjust it, I can absolutely do that. So here’s what it looks like unzipped you’re, probably gonna, want to wear it zipped up if it’s cold or windy. So here’s what she looks like fully zipped up when I put this jacket on it’s automatically about 5 degrees, 10 degrees, warm or wherever you are. It’s really gonna trap in that heat. So this is what it looks like with the hood on so like I said earlier, this is a really comfortable jacket when I lived up north for a little while it was freezing.

Obviously, when the winter time would come around and you don’t want to get caught wearing just simple cotton, sweatshirts or jackets, or anything like that, you really want something. Nice like this. That’s really gonna break the wind and just momentarily before we end the video I just want to go ahead and show you guys the back of the jacket here. It’s got a really nice seam that runs across the back for a more sophisticated look.

It’s not just flush back here. It actually does have some character. Everything looks like it was pieced together. Almost so you’ve got this upper half of the hoodie. You’ve got this upper half of the J and you’ve got this lower half of the jacket. Now you can see the arms are stitched in this. Lower half is stitched in and even if you look on the back here, the hood is stitched in.

So it’s almost like this is a three-piece jacket. It’s a really well-made jacket that fits well keeps you warm and looks great as well. I think so that has been the men’s. Columbia ascender hooded jacket, I picked up on Amazon for $69 and two cents, because I picked it up on Amazon. It makes it a convenience good. Thank you. So much for tuning in everybody I hope you enjoyed this video I hope you gained something from it.

Something valuable my name is John. I will see you in the next one.

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