Patagonia Nano Air Light Hybrid Jacket Review

The patagonia nano air light hybrid hoody takes the breathable properties of the patagonia nano air combines them with waffle knit back and sides and makes for a lighter sportier jacket that wants to replace your lightweight fleeces while this jacket breathes like no other it doesn t match the warmth of other synthetic insulators and should be used as part of a layering system and the more.

Patagonia nano air light hybrid jacket review.

The nano air light hybrid jacket delivers for high exertion athletes and cool weather missions by combining 40 g fullrange insulation. The patagonia nano air has long been a popular jacket and vest within patagonia s insulation line but some complaints including mine is that there is too much insulation when you re active. A hybrid with two different fabrics in play. The front panel is 40g fullrange insulation slightly less than the 60g fullrange used in the original nano air jacket for greater breathability.

With the nano air light hybrid jacket and vest you get a small amount of the warmth we like in the nano air 40 grams of stretch polyester insulation in specific but what s more important is you. A flyweight shell fabric. On the back and under the arms is much thinner stretch waffle knit polyester. In most instances the nano air s weight is perfectly acceptable for throwing in a pack on year round backcountry missions.

Finally patagonia s own nano air light hybrid jacket is the ultralight option at 9 2 ounces but it isn t as warm the waffle knit along the back and sides breathes even better however.