Paramo Velez Jacket
Technically a smock, but this is the new, lighter, multi-activity Paramo top
Posted: 26 October 2000
by Jon
Paramo Velez Jacket
Price: £160.00
Weight: 897g (medium, includes stuff sack)
Features: Nikwax Analogy fabric combination with TX10i
Elastomer treatment, roll-away and detachable hood, reflective pipng
front and rear, twin front zips plus deep neck zip, scooped back and
2-inch drip skirt. One internal and one external pockets, both fit OS
maps. Stuff sack has straps for use as daysack.
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The damp looking patches are, in
fact, damp patches, but
that's what you get for biking on a foul Peak afternoon
in
October. A far cry from Bogota where Paramo kit is made
but please don't try to smoke the
lining...
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Paramo clothing is an acquired taste - think whelks, oysters, snails
even and you won't go far wrong. The company's spent years trying to
explain how it works and still not quite managed to get the message
over which, in turn, doesn't really matter because it does.
The acquired taste bit comes from the feel. The lining bit of the
two part Analogy system - the one they used to say was like animal
fur - actually feels like one of your mum's old housecoats, remember
them? The outer too is much softer than normal Nylon-based shell
garments. They feel nice, work well, breathe better than most things
on the market, but the problem has always been that they're too warm
and too heavy.
So has Paramo cracked it with the lighter weight, multi-activity
Velez smock? Well, it still weighs in at a not inconsiderable 897g or
so, about twice the weight of a Berghaus PacLite or Craghoppers Pakka
jacket and that's despite a snug, short cut, so it's definitely a
case of lighter rather than light. | 