Men's DAS® Light Hoody

I am 5-11 and a bit over 200 lbs with a bit of a belly and ordered the XL and am super happy with the jacket. The only thing that doesn't seem perfect is the arms are a bit long for me but otherwise the fit is great, the body length provides good coverage and the chest and shoulders fit me well with plenty of room to layer over everything I have tried it over. The first thing I noticed about this jacket is that is seems impossibly light, and at first I was thinking I was glad it was on sale because there didn't seem much to it. The inner layer of the jacket is smooth and glides well over anything, as this is meant as an outer layer. The outer layer is a bit crinkly sounding but super supple in a unique way, hard to describe in words but very good garment feel. It is the most comfortable jacket I have ever worn, sort of like wearing a lightweight down sleeping bag. Since the arms are a bit long on me and there are no adjustable cuffs (e. g. , velcro), when not wearing gloves the sleeves feel like they will slip over my hands when my arms are at my side, but perhaps I am overthinking that. When wearing gloves, this is not an issue at all as the glove sort of holds the sleeve up. My guess is that the XL in this jacket is sort of designed to fit someone who is 6-2 with 36 inch sleeve length. I am keeping the jacket regardless but probably will try a size Large in case it fits better and give my XL to my son who is 6-2 and has longer arms. I live in eastern MA and think this jacket is all I will need for even the coldest days here, which is remarkable because it weighs almost nothing. Basically, on a super cold day I would wear my mid-weight capiline, a fleece or my R1 tech-face hoody, and then the DAS light hoody. This setup would probably be fine down to 0 degrees or so, which is about as cold as it gets where I live. The fact that it uses synthetic insulation is great because I can stand in a freezing rain all day at a soccer tournament and now worry about down getting wet. And I got the jacket in black and it actually looks good enough for commuting, very subtle branding, and not too puffy so sort of stealth. The only improvements I can think of would be to remove all of the tagging in the inside collar area and emboss or imprint the info and if practical to consider an adjustable cuff, something minimal, sort of like those on some of the shells. All in all, this is a remarkable jacket and represents the best of the category very well indeed. Well done Patagonia.

Das DAS-Light-Hoody besticht beim ersten Anfassen durch eine sehr angenehme Haptik und eine schier unglaubliche Leichtigkeit. Diese Leichtigkeit gepaart mit einer im Vergleich dazu bislang unerreichten Wärmeleistung machen diese Jacke zu einer vielseitig einsetzbaren Lösung bei kaltem Wetter.
Bei höherer Aktivität muss das Wetter dann wirklich kalt sein, denn die Atmungsaktivität ist bei dieser Jacke konstruktionsbedingt nicht vorhanden. Gerade für das Laufen oder intensive Skitouren gibt es für den Aufstieg sicher bessere Lösungen. Bei leichteren Aktivitäten oder Pausen ist das DAS-Light-Hoody dagegen die nahezu perfekte Lösung, denn auch das Packmass ist beeindruckend klein.
Zusammengefasst würde ich die Jacke uneingeschränkt empfehlen für Aktivität in grosser Kälte oder als Jacke für Pausen und den Alltag bei mittlerer Kälte.

Ultra light yet surprisingly warm, this is definitely going to see a lot of use.

Piumino sintetico antivento comprimibile, molto valido per scialpinismo.
Fino ad ora lo ho utilizzato una decina di uscite, ma si comporta molto bene, nonostante sia sottile, tiene molto caldo.