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Three Top Softshell Pants Reviewed
By Jon on 16/01/2013 16:27:29
We check out softshell mountain legwear from Berghaus, Montane and Mountain Equipment.
Three Top Softshell Pants ReviewedWe've just reviewed three top softshell legwear options from Berghaus, Montane and Mountain Equipment, but before we look at the individual strengths and weaknesses, here are som general points to help you if you
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Softshell care
By OM / Grangers on 18/11/2004 12:04:06
If the face fabric of your soft shell is wetting out, the GoreTex won’t work as well...
Products: Clean with Granger’s Extreme Cleaner Plus or Granger’s Extreme Clean Spray-On. Reproof with Granger’s Extreme Superpruf. Why clean soft shell clothing? If you have a breathable lined GoreTex garment, six months down the line, you’re relying on the breathable lining to ...
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Softshell Mountain Trousers Compared
By Jon on 15/01/2013 11:54:02
Mountain Equipment's G2 Ultimate Mountain Pant or Berghaus Patera - soft shell with a membrane or not compared.
We've just reviewed two different soft-shell mountain pants - or trousers if you're determinedly different - Mountain Equipment's G2 Ultimate Mountain Pant all-rounders with their Gore Windstopper Softshell fabric and Berghaus Patera Pants, which
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Softshell - What Does What?
By Jon on 12/08/2003 15:19:01
So what has Marc Almond been up to and more to the point what are the strengths and weaknesses of the three most popular 'soft shell' fabrics?
per-cent makes all the difference. Not as breathable as Schoeller, allows some wind to pass through. Gore Windstopper - 'Alpine notFastline'Windstopper Softshell, you'll be surprised to hear, uses Gore'sTPFE Windstopper
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Nikwax Launches Softshell Proofing Treatment
By Jon on 06/08/2003 09:48:12
Nikwax has developed a water-repellant treatment designed specifically to work with the confusing new generation of soft shell garments
...But maybe not any more with Nikwax Waterproofing releasing a newproduct descriptively titled 'Nikwax SoftShell Proof'. No prizes forguessing that it's a wash-in proofer intended for soft shell fabricsthen. The company says that it's been tested
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Award-winning French Softshell Hits UK
By Jon on 26/02/2008 17:08:22
Hooded softshell in one of our fave fabrics crossed the Channel for spring.
Polartec's Power Shield fabric is one of outdoortechnology's unsung heroes in our book, so we thought we'd big up theMillet Premium Shield jacket that won one Polartec's 2007 ApexAwards.The deal with Power Shield is that it uses a perforated membranewith a windproofness figure wh...
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Softshell Shorts For Autumn
By Jon on 14/09/2012 11:38:35
Maybe not the most obvious choice, but here's what soft shell shorts make sense right now...
Shorts in autumn? Are we nuts? Surely shorts are for summer use only? Well, in the case of soft shell shorts, we're not so sure. In fact they work brilliantly in the fresh sometimes sunny, sometimes showery conditions that make up typical autumnal hills days.The soft shell fabric...
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Haglöfs Shark Pro Jacket Tested
By Jon on 19/01/2005 15:32:40
Great build quality, robust feel and excellent weather protection from Haglöfs' top of the range soft shell jacket in Gore's Windstopper Softshell fabric.
Haglöfs shark tested Haglöfs Shark Pro Softshell Jacket Tested Price: £200 Weight: 680 grammes (men's medium
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Rab Fusion Alpine Pants - First Look
By Jon on 14/02/2007 14:16:21
Part waterproof and part softshell, we put Rab's trews to the UK winter test.
Rab Fusion Alpine Pants- FirstLook Price: £120 Weight: 516 grammes (medium) Features: Softshell pant using a mix of waterproof eVENT fabric on seat
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Haglofs New Stuff Scoop
By Jon on 20/07/2005 14:07:51
A quick look at the new Haglofs kit for this winter including a couple of brilliant-looking new softshell jackets plus a very cunning new baselayer system using different weight fabrics in the same garment.
Windstopper soft shell technical top wascalled the Shark. It was a nice jacket, but the fabric had a stiff,slightly boardlike feel that improved with use, but was still tendedto take the 'soft' out of softshell.For this winter, there are two major improvements
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