The North Face Freethinker jacket
Model year: 2014
Women modelAvailable colors: Blå/svart, orange/grå
Manufacturers description
First-class sports-inspired Gore-Tex Pro® shell jacket for adventures in the wilderness
Developed in collaboration with North Face® athletes Lucas Debari and Sage Catabriga-Alosa. Fully sealed seams, made with GoreTex® 3L and 70D material, which provides an ultimate water-repellent, durable and durable, breathable shell jacket. Very functional with insulated and water-repellent phone pocket, thumb hole and RECCO® reflector.
sizes: S, M, L, XL - weight: 650 g - back length: 78.7 cm
material: 70D 156 g GORE-TEX® Pro 3L - 100% Taslan® nylon with woven ripstop backing
Recco® avalanche reflex / Adjustable, helmet-fitted sewn-on hood / YKK® AquaGuard® VISLON® zipper in the middle of the front / Chest pockets in polyurethane (PU) with zipper and pocket for radio / PU armhole ventilation with zipper / Water-repellent pockets / zipper pockets Underarm pocket in polyurethane with cloth for ski goggles. / Sleeve end with thumb hole / Adjustable sleeve end with hook and loop. / Inner chest pocket with water-repellent and insulated phone pocket / Inner pocket for ski goggles in stretchy net / Inner storage pocket in stretchy net / Stretchy snow skirt that fastens / Adjustable hem
Developed in collaboration with North Face® athletes Lucas Debari and Sage Catabriga-Alosa. Fully sealed seams, made with GoreTex® 3L and 70D material, which provides an ultimate water-repellent, durable and durable, breathable shell jacket. Very functional with insulated and water-repellent phone pocket, thumb hole and RECCO® reflector.
sizes: S, M, L, XL - weight: 650 g - back length: 78.7 cm
material: 70D 156 g GORE-TEX® Pro 3L - 100% Taslan® nylon with woven ripstop backing
Recco® avalanche reflex / Adjustable, helmet-fitted sewn-on hood / YKK® AquaGuard® VISLON® zipper in the middle of the front / Chest pockets in polyurethane (PU) with zipper and pocket for radio / PU armhole ventilation with zipper / Water-repellent pockets / zipper pockets Underarm pocket in polyurethane with cloth for ski goggles. / Sleeve end with thumb hole / Adjustable sleeve end with hook and loop. / Inner chest pocket with water-repellent and insulated phone pocket / Inner pocket for ski goggles in stretchy net / Inner storage pocket in stretchy net / Stretchy snow skirt that fastens / Adjustable hem
What do you think about The North Face Freethinker jacket?
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Strengths:
Thin, comfortable membrane. Sickly high breathability. Good size of hood.
Weaknesses:
Ventilation zippers + pockets are not a good combo.
Summary:
Super nice jacket in The North Face's record-thin Futurelight membrane. Completely waterproof but with terribly good ventilation. Has i.a. took a whole day uphill in this jacket (!) when it blew really lightly on the bare mountain, without perishing in sweat. But ironically, ventilation is also the jacket's weakness. That the membrane breathes well is great, but there are still times where I want to be able to scoop with open ventilation zippers as well.
The pockets on this jacket leave a lot to be desired. It is a good idea to be able to have the zippers open for ventilation during the way up, and then closed with space for risers. But if you sometimes want to do the opposite - store something in your pocket on the way up and blow on with ventilation on the way down, you are eaten. If you need to ventilate, you have to sacrifice gadgets that fall out along the road. Same with the chest pocket for the phone - it is accessed as if from the inside, so you either have to fiddle in via the ventilation / riser pocket or open the zipper at the front.
Will definitely look at more jackets in this material in the future (dream for girls who are wider over the hips and would rather buy a size up on a jacket with want to avoid stiff wavy fabric at the top of breasts & shoulders). But it may be one with classic ventilation zippers under the arms next time.
Model year: 2020
Thin, comfortable membrane. Sickly high breathability. Good size of hood.
Weaknesses:
Ventilation zippers + pockets are not a good combo.
Summary:
Super nice jacket in The North Face's record-thin Futurelight membrane. Completely waterproof but with terribly good ventilation. Has i.a. took a whole day uphill in this jacket (!) when it blew really lightly on the bare mountain, without perishing in sweat. But ironically, ventilation is also the jacket's weakness. That the membrane breathes well is great, but there are still times where I want to be able to scoop with open ventilation zippers as well.
The pockets on this jacket leave a lot to be desired. It is a good idea to be able to have the zippers open for ventilation during the way up, and then closed with space for risers. But if you sometimes want to do the opposite - store something in your pocket on the way up and blow on with ventilation on the way down, you are eaten. If you need to ventilate, you have to sacrifice gadgets that fall out along the road. Same with the chest pocket for the phone - it is accessed as if from the inside, so you either have to fiddle in via the ventilation / riser pocket or open the zipper at the front.
Will definitely look at more jackets in this material in the future (dream for girls who are wider over the hips and would rather buy a size up on a jacket with want to avoid stiff wavy fabric at the top of breasts & shoulders). But it may be one with classic ventilation zippers under the arms next time.
Model year: 2020
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