Wickiup Hoody – MTN HNTR’s Purpose-Built Base Layer

[willfrye027]

I always appreciate a hot weather candidate to try...

Has anyone used one of these, and I'm asking for actual use, meaning minimum 3-5 shooting/backpacking days per week in high summer temps?

I have yet to find a synthetic hoody that isn't stunk out after day 2 of rucking/shooting in the summer here in AZ. Think overnight LOW temps of 80 degrees.

To contrast, I can wear the same lightweight merino hoody Monday-Saturday, only needing to wash and then hang to dry on Sunday for the next week of use.

How is this unit holding up in the aforementioned use case?

The issue with merino is everything here in the desert sticks to it, badly. So I have to get more creative than I'd like with shooting locations at some of my shooting spots. I was wondering if this piece is less prone to sticking, meaning I can brush off stickers/thorns versus them getting embedded further into the garment?

Also, the lack of half zip for dumping heat is a bit baffling to me.

Thumb loops are fantastic for keeping 110+ degree sun off the backs of your palms.

These two would be good features to bring into a "2.0" of this piece in my opinion.

A zone opens next weekend I’ll let you know, but stickers wise it’s soft and thin I dont anticipate it being any better than merino in that regard. Stink wise that is TBD, mine smells like fish after fishing in it for 4 or 5 days

Comfort wise the bamboo material is so freaking soft and comfy..if you’ve ever had bamboo sheets it feels like that on the skin. From a comfort standpoint I’m happy with paying full price for mine even as a casual wear/camp piece although I fully plan to put it through the paces hunting this year as the fabric weight/thickness/coolness is about perfect IMO.

 

[MTNHNTR Brad]

I always appreciate a hot weather candidate to try...

Has anyone used one of these, and I'm asking for actual use, meaning minimum 3-5 shooting/backpacking days per week in high summer temps?

I have yet to find a synthetic hoody that isn't stunk out after day 2 of rucking/shooting in the summer here in AZ. Think overnight LOW temps of 80 degrees.

To contrast, I can wear the same lightweight merino hoody Monday-Saturday, only needing to wash and then hang to dry on Sunday for the next week of use.

How is this unit holding up in the aforementioned use case?

The issue with merino is everything here in the desert sticks to it, badly. So I have to get more creative than I'd like with shooting locations at some of my shooting spots. I was wondering if this piece is less prone to sticking, meaning I can brush off stickers/thorns versus them getting embedded further into the garment?

Also, the lack of half zip for dumping heat is a bit baffling to me.

Thumb loops are fantastic for keeping 110+ degree sun off the backs of your palms.

These two would be good features to bring into a "2.0" of this piece in my opinion.

Great suggestions - I didn't add a half-zip but may in another garment. I personally feel like zippers add another dimension, feel, and stickiness to a shirt sometimes, but we've been playing around with a few different options.

I don't know if you can beat Merino in AZ - merino is so good when you know you're sweating all day and night and never dry out. I think a synthetic excels when you have more varied temps and want it to dry like conditions we see in the intermountain west -- It's hard to find the perfect fabric for every condition.

 

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Great suggestions - I didn't add a half-zip but may in another garment. I personally feel like zippers add another dimension, feel, and stickiness to a shirt sometimes, but we've been playing around with a few different options.

I don't know if you can beat Merino in AZ - merino is so good when you know you're sweating all day and night and never dry out. I think a synthetic excels when you have more varied temps and want it to dry like conditions we see in the intermountain west -- It's hard to find the perfect fabric for every condition.

I have one coming from @Nine Banger so I’ll give it a rip when I’m back from Northern California in a couple weeks and report back.