footflaps on "Mid-layer fleece"
The idea is to use it as a top layer on cooler days and then as a mid layer during the winter. I'd have thought you want a soft shell for use as a top layer stand alone, as most fleeces have very poor...
View Articlejam bo on "Mid-layer fleece"
http://arcteryx.com/product.aspx?language=EN&model=Delta-LT-Jacketnot cheap but a great bit of kit.
View Articlemikey74 on "Mid-layer fleece"
I'd have thought you want a soft shell for use as a top layer stand alone, as most fleeces have very poor wind resistance.You're right, for walking etc. I really meant for pottering around to the shops...
View Articlebenp1 on "Mid-layer fleece"
I picked up a Montane Fury for this purpose. Really like it, high zip, good fit and effective (rather than fashionable) hoodConsider what you're layering on top, fleece tends to be quite velcro-like...
View ArticleBimbler on "Mid-layer fleece"
I'm a total brand snob but find cheap fleece from the likes of craghoppers or regatta work just as well as my more expensive Mountain Equipment or Rab fleeces I own. Agree with above, softshell would...
View Articleiainc on "Mid-layer fleece"
I bought a Howies Slipstream jersey for just this purpose the other week in their sale - great piece of kit
View Articlejohnners on "Mid-layer fleece"
I've got a Rab Diablo which I really like, some Polartec fabric with apparently 4x the wind resistance of a "normal" fleece. So that's 4x not very much then. Alpkit are doing a mid layer which they say...
View ArticleDezB on "Mid-layer fleece"
I'd check the Izas sale on SportPursuit. Scandinavian quality at sports direct prices. (Listed under Izas Insulation)
View Articlethisisnotaspoon on "Mid-layer fleece"
Ignore the fact it's a sailing top and designed to go under a wetsuit, these things are ridiculously warm. Basically all the best bits of a fleece (insulating, breathable, sheds water) combined with...
View Articlesurroundedbyhills on "Mid-layer fleece"
Alpkit - https://www.alpkit.com/products/akita-jacket-m
View Articleteamhurtmore on "Mid-layer fleece"
I have ME and NF mid fleeces (live in them!!) and supplement them with windproof gilets (DHB and NF) - works a treat
View Article4130s0ul on "Mid-layer fleece"
check out the Paramo Mountain Shirt, it's a reversible fleece jumper which has micro pile on one side for when it's cold and you want to trap heat, and on the reverse is a softer smooth material which...
View Articlebenp1 on "Mid-layer fleece"
Good shout on Alpkit, I really like the look of them. Great value too
View Articlefootflaps on "Mid-layer fleece"
My mid layer fleeces are Rab Power Stretch Jacket, Rab Baseline Jacket and a Black Diamond Coefficient Hoody. The choice of which is mainly down to fit as I'm quite fussy about that....
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iainc on "Mid-layer fleece"
arghhh, why did I click that Alpkit link.... just bought a fleece I really don't need
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mikey74 on "Mid-layer fleece"
That Alpkit one on the links looks like a 80s tracksuit top Seriously, though: thanks for the suggestions. I like like the ME ones. There's a Cotswold Outdoors not far away so I may have to get myself...
View ArticleMrSalmon on "Mid-layer fleece"
I'm sort of tempted by the Alpkit one but I ended up sending back my Synoment, just didn't fit me at all. Also I don't really need one...
View Articlefootflaps on "Mid-layer fleece"
Also I don't really need one..We don't really need 99.9% of the stuff we own...
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jimjam on "Mid-layer fleece"
I have a Mountain Equipment Eclipse. Absolutely fantastic piece of kit.Fitted cut and incredibly warm for how light it is. I wear it under a shell layer for riding this time of year, or with a gillet...
View Articlemikey74 on "Mid-layer fleece"
Thanks for the suggestion but this isn't for riding, it's for hiking, particularly in the Isle of Skye this March.Thinking about it, and what I already have, I am thinking that, as a few have said...
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