Oh other things I did - that are very minor
The shirt has 4 zips,
- one central neck zip with one slider with a string zip pull on it.
- 2 side zips with 2 sliders so you can open it wide to slip it on and off, and also have the zip open and closed but the bottom portion staying together by sliding the other slider up and down. The zip for doing it up doesn’t have a zip pull, but the zip slider for the venting function does have a zip pull
One chest pocket with one slider and no zip pull
I found I kept inadvertently pulling down the venting zip when putting it on (which also pulls down the complete opening zip) so I swapped the zip pull from the venting zip to the closure zip
The neck zip has a zip pull on it but it often flips inside the neck when the neck zip is open as the ‘pocket’ the zip goes down into isn’t quite big enough for the slider _and_ pull a so I moved the neck zip pull to the chest pocket. The neck zip now lays flat in the pocket at the end of the zip when the neck is open.
Junior changes but for me altered the ‘usability’ to better suit me.
Also here are some photos of the hood arrangement and what Paul_B Abs I are referring to.
Large Velcro tab that closes the front of the hood around the chin area, when the hood is open it just flaps around loose and there isn’t anywhere to ‘stow’ it
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Mildly awkward neck zip flap - works really well without the hood but with the hood on it either needs to go under the Velcro of the hood attachment or be folded back out the way (which then makes a small bulky bit around you chin when the hood is done up) IMO. A small strip of Velcro on the _outside_ top of the neck zip storm flap would make the hood fit much more naturally. You can see in the pictures below which bit would benefit from extra Velcro.
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And finally how the whole hood does up at the front. It works and some fiddling initially gets it comfy but it feels fussy and like the hood is an afterthought
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I have also found I need to have the hood attached about 3mm low on the Velcro around the neck because if you _exactly_ line up the Velcro there is a slim gap on the inside between the fluffy lining of the coat stopping and the fluffy lining of the hood starting - not an issue unless it rains and then I can feel a band of wet/cold around my neck. My solution was to align the hood lower than designed to overlap the fluffy stuff.
Amazing shirt that’s 9/10 and does what it advertises - I still can’t believe I have been out in the wet and cold walking hard and this is the only top layer I have had on, but the hood could be better designed imo and it would take much to improve it drastically.
The zip pull things I understand their thinking as once it’s on, the neck and side zips would be being constantly adjusted to vent heat (or not) and the zip pulls do make that easier (especially if wearing gloves) but for me they were in the wrong places, only took ten seconds to change them though.