Patagonia Nano Air Light Hoody Review

The nano air light is the lightest and most breathable synthetic insulated jacket we tested.

Patagonia nano air light hoody review.

While it has its own unique advantages and disadvantages we feel that it is one of the better active mid layers that you can buy. Its objective is to provide adequate warmth for. That said the nano air light probably is the most breathable mid layer i ve ever used aside from a light fleece pullover and it may even be close to something like a patagonia r1 hoody which has significantly less wind resistance and insulation than the nano air light. But all that moisture moving breathability comes at the cost of warmth and weather resistance.

Patagonia nano air light review hoody by max neale on march 11 2018 new features performance gear reviews. The patagonia nano air hoody is perhaps the most popular and iconic active insulated mid layer and is the jacket that kicked off the trend that has reconfigured the synthetic insulated jacket landscape. Login or subscribe to see it all. Our testers have put both of these jackets through the wringer.

The patagonia nano air hoody was released in july 2014 and was the best performing all purpose active insulation jacket until the arcteryx proton lt hoody came out in 2016. The original patagonia nano air hoody is warmer and the arc teryx atom sl is lighter but the nano air light hybrid hoody appeals to the runner in us who wants to go fast and doesn t want to stop change layers. In most instances the nano air s weight is perfectly acceptable for throwing in a pack on year round backcountry missions. Finally patagonia s own nano air light hybrid jacket is the ultralight option at 9 2 ounces but it isn t as warm the waffle knit along the back and sides breathes even better however.

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