2025 Stone Glacier

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Early season small gaiters

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I see em now, not quite what I need.
 
Initial thoughts…
X1- looks like a winner
Headwall- I get the concept but it seems like it will be too warm for active hunting unless people want to run it stand alone with a base layer only.
Praxis pant- I’m reallly interested in these. I’m curious to if the have enough flexibility to run into late season with other layering like the DH lites can.
Halo- I really like it but I dont have much use for it.
 
Sun hoody is a big win. Most of the sun hoodies out there are from fishing brands and they must have collectively decided they must be only in bright pastel colors. Nothing suitable for hunting.
 
Sun hoody is a big win. Most of the sun hoodies out there are from fishing brands and they must have collectively decided they must be only in bright pastel colors. Nothing suitable for hunting.
Check out Kuius Gila line. I have spent hundreds of hours in sun hoodies bass fishing from all the major brands and I have been thoroughly impressed with the Gila. Enough so I bought some specifically to use fishing aside from my hunting ones.

I'm definitely picking up some of the SG to try as well.
 
Check out Kuius Gila line. I have spent hundreds of hours in sun hoodies bass fishing from all the major brands and I have been thoroughly impressed with the Gila. Enough so I bought some specifically to use fishing aside from my hunting ones.

I'm definitely picking up some of the SG to try as well.
Super ignorant question but… where does a sun hoody fit into your layering system? I hunt coast range Oregon for blacktail, eastern Oregon early and late, and Idaho late season. I’ve never worn a sun hoody so I genuinely wouldn’t know where to fit it into a system.
 
Super ignorant question but… where does a sun hoody fit into your layering system? I hunt coast range Oregon for blacktail, eastern Oregon early and late, and Idaho late season. I’ve never worn a sun hoody so I genuinely wouldn’t know where to fit it into a system.
The desert. Anywhere it’s hot and sunny. Usually it’s not part of a system but it IS the system. Especially easy to get sunburned when glassing for mule deer all day at 10,000 feet on Labor Day weekend.
 
Super ignorant question but… where does a sun hoody fit into your layering system? I hunt coast range Oregon for blacktail, eastern Oregon early and late, and Idaho late season. I’ve never worn a sun hoody so I genuinely wouldn’t know where to fit it into a system.
I hunt Eastern Washington Mule Deer Archery (I live here). Our first season is September so I'm hunting in 80*+ weather by noon most times. Its my base layer and a lot of times my only layer in this early season. Sleeves take a bit of that chill off in the morning, but they breathe well so they keep you cool when the suns out. Anytime you think you would wear a t-shirt is when I wear the sun hoody.

Early bear in August as well as Grouse season is another use.
 
The desert. Anywhere it’s hot and sunny. Usually it’s not part of a system but it IS the system. Especially easy to get sunburned when glassing for mule deer all day at 10,000 feet on Labor Day weekend.

Facts
 
Super ignorant question but… where does a sun hoody fit into your layering system? I hunt coast range Oregon for blacktail, eastern Oregon early and late, and Idaho late season. I’ve never worn a sun hoody so I genuinely wouldn’t know where to fit it into a system.
they make a great base layer.
 
I ordered a headwall to test. After trying one on, seems like a good bowhunting outer layer, but as much as I use the sitka ambient stuff as mid-layers, I think it would have to be pretty cold to be using that but we will see. I use the M7 a lot of a windproof softer (quieter) outer layer when things are wet or nasty, or super late season. Weight is pretty significant for the headwall, but it is a wpb laminate with soft face and fleece liner, not just a softshell, albiet untaped.

I noticed the X1 tags had "hydrasheild" laminate but they advertise using the Pertex Sheild 3L fabric, which is what I think it really is (https://pertex.com/fabrics-technologies/shield). 9.1oz for a L is pretty wild, for as soft/small as that piece seemed to be able to get when I held it.
 
So maybe the praxis pant is similar to the Sitka traverse in terms of fabric and weight. Albeit, with hip vents and knee pads. Looks nice- I’ll probably give them a try.
 
For those that saw these in person, how forest green is the pant? The dehavilland lites aren’t overly green but some of the pictures of the praxis look like they are a super dark forest green. Just wondered how accurate the pictures are.
 
For those that saw these in person, how forest green is the pant? The dehavilland lites aren’t overly green but some of the pictures of the praxis look like they are a super dark forest green. Just wondered how accurate the pictures are.
Praxis has a grey and a tan color. I only saw the tan color in person and it fits his name extremely well “pronghorn” I don’t think any of their gray clothes had a green to them in person,
 
Perfect. On the SG webpage they had a green version. Didn’t see it for sale but wondered if it would hit the page eventually. Thanks for the insight.
 
I would order that Headwall jacket if they had it in tall sizes. They have tall pants. Not sure why they don't offer tall tops.
 
I would order that Headwall jacket if they had it in tall sizes. They have tall pants. Not sure why they don't offer tall tops.

I agree! I love how long their pants are and I was able to use a couple tops but most are too short!


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I wanted to love the pants as relatively quiet, hip vents, and knee pads are what I'm looking for. Then I saw it's made out of polyester (which is for the quiet factor) but its not treated with any odor control. These will stink to high heaven i'm out. I will go back to the sitka Intercept pants. larger hip vents, quiet and keep odor down.
 
Here is a picture of the Headwind. The price point will make it very appealing to those who like the Jetstream seems to be just as good at a little more than half the price.
Any idea what color that is? I don't see a gray that light on their website or in the app.
 
I wanted to love the pants as relatively quiet, hip vents, and knee pads are what I'm looking for. Then I saw it's made out of polyester (which is for the quiet factor) but its not treated with any odor control. These will stink to high heaven i'm out. I will go back to the sitka Intercept pants. larger hip vents, quiet and keep odor down.

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I do not understand the reason to not have an odor control treatment on poly. SG treats all their tops with polygene why not the pants? Even with odor treatment poly pants stink like Sh*t after a couple days of wear, but zero days if not treated. I guess its the love hate of nylon. Its nosier, but more durable and doesn't stink as bad.
 
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