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Another product article for Nepal 🙂 - this time it is about fleece sweaters. Fleece sweaters are a mid-layer. You have three layers:

  • Base Layer: On your skin
  • Mid Layer: Insulation
  • Outer Layer: Against wind / rain / snow

This means the fleece is not meant to be windproof or waterproof, but to keep you warm. I will use it for trekking. They don't insulate as well as down; I think I will use them on the hike. The down is more for when I don't move.

Polartec Thermal Pro-Fleece seems to be a common material; Nanuk is the version from Jack Wolfskin.

Three clothing layers side by side: base shirt, fluffy fleece sweater in the middle and waterproof jacket, snowflakes and mountains behind
The fleece sweater is the mid layer.

Products

Name Price Weight Chest pockets Hip pockets Material Other
Odlo Midlayer 1/2 Zip Snowbird 41 EUR 300g (M) 0 0 92% Polyester, 8% elastane I have owned this for years and wore it on the moist trekking route "West Highland Way" and in the cold weather of GR-20. I also use it for running in winter. It is super comfortable and looks nice.
NORTH FACE 100 Glacier Fleece 47 EUR 322g (S) 0 2 zip 100% Polyester UPF 30plus
Patagonia R1 120 EUR 381g (M) 0 2 zip 93% Polyester, 7% elastane
THE NORTH FACE 200 Shadow 78 EUR 440g (M) 1 zip 2 zip Polartec 200
Mammut Innominata Advanced ML Jacket 113 EUR 540g (M) 0 2 zip 200 Polartec Thermal Pro
Rab Quest Pull On 90 EUR 355g (M) 1 zip 0 250g/m² YKK zip
SHERPA - Sonam Hoodie 118 EUR 430g (M) 0 0
Fjällräven - Keb Fleece 197 EUR 544g (M) 1 zip 2 zip
Fjällräven - Buck Fleece M 170 EUR 550g (M) 1 zip 2 zip G-1000®|Polyester
Schöffel Fleece Jacket Cardiff2 100 EUR 520g 0 2 zip 84% Polyester, 16% viscose
Columbia Men's Steens Mountain 96 EUR 503g (M) 0 2 zip
Jack Wolfskin: Westfjord 122 EUR 795g 2 zip 2 zip Nanuk 300 Bipolar
Jack Wolfskin: ROBSON JACKET 160 EUR 685 g (M) 2 zip 2 zip NANUK 300 RIB SHERPA HEATHER It is rather big; for me, the shape is not so good.
Patagonia Better Sweater 109 EUR 572g 1 zip 2 zip 339 g/m²
Fjällräven Fleece Sten 100 EUR 340g 0 2 zip 100% Polyester
Fjällräven - Polar Expedition Fleece 235 EUR 800g (M) 0 2 zip

I took the Mammut Innominata Advanced ML Jacket because it is super thick and very long. I also had the Fjällräven Buck Fleece, but I had the impression that it is not thick enough.

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