Mountain Hardwear Hooded Compressor Jacket
November 18, 2008
I already told you how much I liked the Compressor, so I felt a little guilty asking for a Hooded Compressor to test. I thought it would be pretty much the same only with a hood. Once I tried it, though, I no longer felt guilty because I was too busy giddily gloating over how awesome the jacket is and how totally cute I look in it. Hmm, perhaps I don’t need to pour out my entire personality into these reviews….I’m very nice, sweet, and humble, honest! I just have to tell you the jacket is cute because I pledge to post honest reviews. See, I wouldn’t gloat if I didn’t have to in order to maintain my integrity as a reviewer.
I like it EVEN BETTER than the regular Compressor (even though I still love the regular Compressor, I really do!) and wear it more. Which is almost kind of strange because I’m not a big hood user. This jacket just works. It’s warm, not bulky, perfectly sized for me, and comes in colors that are different from the norm but still attractive. It’s just long enough to hit slightly below my hipbones, which is just perfect as far as I’m concerned.
The Hooded Compressor, like most other things Mountain Hardwear, works really well with, well, other things Mountain Hardwear. They really have their system down. This jacket with a MHW hard shell over it is pretty darn warm, and without the hard shell it’s nice for moderately cold days or really cold days combined with exertion. The minimalist styling wins points from the Geargals, and the one added bit of flair is a bicep pocket which I find very convenient for storing my cell phone – I mean, my GPS and packet of Gu, brah. Well, there is one more wee bit of flair in the form of an embroidered flower on the inside, which is unobtrusive but still kind of funny. I’m glad it’s not visible on the outside of the jacket, but it’s kind of whimsical to have it on the inside. I’d have loved to have been a fly on the wall for that board meeting – the battle for whether the flower stays or goes, culminating in the groundbreaking compromise “it’s a go on the flower, but we’ll put it on the inside.” Now THAT is the way to keep peace in the workplace, and, it turns out, in the marketplace too.
$170.96 at Backcountry.com. Click here!
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I’m working at a gear shop in Portland, Or right now and I have spent so much damn money on Mountain Hardware stuff. As much as I dislike Columbia, I really can’t say that they have done anything up improve on the brand. And I want that jacket.