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I bought this jacket for an all-day music festival that was expected to stay around the upper 60s and rain ALL DAY. I was comfortable all day long wearing this.In the hottest part of the day, this still kept me dry as well as warm, but not too warm. The hyvent has zippers under the arms to increase air flow. It has a zippered pocket on the arm that worked very nicely for my sunglasses. Inside the left lapel is a YKK zipper pocket (oh, YKK zippers everywhere) which kept my wallet, tickets and sunglasses dry when the rain really started coming down. This jacket also packs into a backpack quite nicely. Just rolled up and stuffed in the bottom it took up very little space on the pack in. If your looking for a light, quality, rain jacket, look no further.
Now for the sizing, I wear a medium in shirts, but (like most of my outdoor equipment) these ran large. I think this is because this type of outdoor-wear is made to fit even when wearing bulky layers underneath. I bought a small and still had sleeves that were a bit too long. This is easily rectified by the nice Velcro, elastic and padding around the wrist. Also, around the waist is some elastic pull-cord to cinch up the bottom. There's more of this pull-cord in the hood as well to keep the hood close to the face, which keeps the wind and rain out of your ears. There's a bill on the hood which kept the rain from dripping in my eyes. Wore it with a ball cap and I was comfy all day. Yes it runs a bit high, but its featurific.
Don't get me wrong, this is no Gore-tex but its great quality.
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