....seems to have fallen out of favour with outdoorsfolk.
I don't understand why, I have two of them (one is a spare, but I've not needed to wear it yet, and I have owned the other for about five years or so).
Is there a big movement towards natural fibres? Or are we as prone to following fashion as anyone else? I get the impression that what Mr. Mears wears this season will be popular on the forest catwalks the next.
So I'll put in a good word for the Helly Hansen Field Jacket. Available only in a deep forest green fibre pile material and more functional than conventional Polartec fleece jackets, it has thumbholes in the sleeves which allow you to pull them down over your hands when the weather is really cold. The collar also reaches up to my ears (almost). It does not get snagged easily on bushes and you can tuck it into your trousers to retain heat. Combined with a Norwegian Army shirt and a shell such as Gore-Tex or Ventile you have a system of clothing that can cope with most weather conditions that a temperate climate can throw at you other than extreme heat and extreme cold.
I'd still like to have a Swanndri Bush Shirt though...
I don't understand why, I have two of them (one is a spare, but I've not needed to wear it yet, and I have owned the other for about five years or so).
Is there a big movement towards natural fibres? Or are we as prone to following fashion as anyone else? I get the impression that what Mr. Mears wears this season will be popular on the forest catwalks the next.
So I'll put in a good word for the Helly Hansen Field Jacket. Available only in a deep forest green fibre pile material and more functional than conventional Polartec fleece jackets, it has thumbholes in the sleeves which allow you to pull them down over your hands when the weather is really cold. The collar also reaches up to my ears (almost). It does not get snagged easily on bushes and you can tuck it into your trousers to retain heat. Combined with a Norwegian Army shirt and a shell such as Gore-Tex or Ventile you have a system of clothing that can cope with most weather conditions that a temperate climate can throw at you other than extreme heat and extreme cold.
I'd still like to have a Swanndri Bush Shirt though...