Stash Jacket
$100.00
Using our lightweight tarp fabric results in a jacket made from fully waterproof/windproof fabric that has the weight and pack-ability of many lightweight windbreakers. While the fabric isn’t breathable, it does have 22″ long adjustable pit-zips for ventilation. Like any jacket made from coated fabric, it is designed more for lower activity level use due to lower breathability fabric. It compresses to about the size of a tennis ball so it’s a great size/weight to keep in the bottom of your pack for unexpected rain or heavy wind anytime you don’t want to carry a full-on breathable rain shell or when you feel like you might want more protection than a typical breathable windbreaker (It blocks wind like a brick wall) It has no pockets, but the pit zips come down far enough to slightly open and access the side pockets of any jacket you might be wearing underneath. Due to it being silicone-coated fabric, it isn’t seam taped, although the user could seam-seal it with silicone if fully waterproof seams are desired. The shoulder seams are oriented off to the sides of the shoulders and in general you can expect very little water to make it through the seams. Due to the jacket being sold with the seams un-sealed, we are not advertising this as a “rain” jacket, but you can expect it to be windproof and much more water resistant than a typical windbreaker made of lightweight DWR treated fabric. We’ve tested it in moderate rain for up to an hour with nothing more than extremely minimal leakage through the un-sealed seams.
The version made from our quilt fabric is the same design other than the fabric used. Using our quilt fabric makes for a typical un-lined windbreaker that is wind and water resistant. This fabric is a 20d nylon or polyester high threadcount tightly woven fabric, heavily calendared on one side for max windbreak and treated with a DWR water resistant finish, not as wind or water resistant as the tarp fabric option, but it’s much more breathable and well suited for high activity levels.
Our sizing:
Medium: Fits a person 5’10” @ 165 lbs with room for a heavy fleece layer underneath
Large: Fits a person 6’2″ @ 210 lbs, with room for a heavy fleece layer underneath.
XL: Fits a person 6’5″ @ 300 lbs with room for a heavy fleece layer underneath.
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James Wilborn –
Short video of my review of the Stash jacket
https://youtu.be/vHOSq-P9W_g
Noah Plumb (verified owner) –
This really is a fantastic, super-lightweight waterproof layer. You’re gonna sweat inside if you’re active in this thing, but that’s what you’re getting here: a fully waterproof shell that blocks rain completely, and it’s better to be wet and warm from your sweat on the inside than it is to wet out and carry a bunch of cold rain that soaked through. Pit zips are huge and ventilate the jacket very well, btw.
If I was to change one thing about the Stash Jacket, I’d sacrifice a little of the weight to add elastic around the waist; this thing is so lightweight, it has a tendency to ride up a bit on me otherwise, which lets in a little more wind than I’d like.
I’m 6’2″, 205 lb. with a long torso and arms; the large fits me very well around the hood and body, though it’s a little big around the waist.
admin –
We are now offering this jacket in 2 different fabric types, our silicone coated tarp fabric which is less breathable but more water resistant, and also our downproof quilt fabric which is much more breathable but not quite as waterproof as the tarp fabric.
Pam Wright –
Hope you eventually make a small for women/youth.