Outdoor Research Transcendent Hoody Review

The transcendent series has been a long time puffy favorite for climbers backpackers mountaineers and everyone else who spends extended time outside.

Outdoor research transcendent hoody review. I bought it both for looks and warmth. Stuffed with 800 fill power down housed in a 10 denier nylon shell the illuminate is lightweight and packable with a climber centric stowaway pocket to keep you warm pitch after pitch or mile after mile. With extremely well thought out features like over sized zipper pulls and spacious internal stash pockets the transcendent hoody is a perfect combination of burl. The new version is among the more comfortable down jackets on the market and the 650 fill down provided all the warmth i needed for around town wear.

It performed well against some top tier softshell jackets and didn t quite measure up against others. Insulated with all natural responsibly sourced down the transcendent uses a wide quilting and a rebalanced down fill to allow its insulation to loft better for fast compressible warmth. Women s transcendent down hoodie outdoor research. The burly outdoor research transcendent hoody suffered some serious mistreatment misapplication and the occasional misadventure during testing without much evidence of its hardship.

When it s quite cold was 22 yesterday at 6 am when i did with a wind chill of about 7 degrees biking at 20 mph it kept me very warm. The transcendent series has been a long time puffy favorite for climbers backpackers mountaineers and everyone else who spends extended time outside. The most unique in our review the outdoor research ascendant hoody is a hybrid between an insulated jacket and a softshell combining both to create a niche layer that works well on top of light base layers or underneath a heavier jacket. The outdoor research transcendent hoody is the answers to all my needs.

The outdoor research transcendent hoody is a longtime favorite that was updated for 2019 with wider baffles a softer shell and lining and responsibly sourced insulation. The outdoor research illuminate is a solid down mid layer. This is a specialized layer which for active. I was concerned to order this jacket online without trying it on first i am a stocky guy with a larger chest and i had read reviews that said a large would fit or a medium would probably fit my body type.

I ride my bicycle to work every morning 6 miles. I recently bought a new down jacket made by or outdoor research the men s transcendent hoody.