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I've been meaning to ask about the Zoa pockets. I love the jacket, have basically worn it every day since it arrived (with a backpack..)
But I don't really get the pockets. The zips are sort of foreshortened in that they don't reach the bottom of the pocket itself, so it's not comfortable to rest your hands inside them as the weight of your hands is pulling down on the end of the zip run. I guess this is some kind of strategy to stop things falling out. But the jacket itself is so low-profile that keeping things in the pockets (eg gloves) distorts the shape quite a bit, so I wouldn't really do that anyway. And then there's the double ended zips!? Not sure when that would ever be useful, they're a repeated cause of confusion while riding, especially when wearing gloves - something you'd expect with a cold weather jacket.
Otherwise brilliant. It gets a lot of use, possibly too much.
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Good points @exteroceptive - yes to the ‘lip’(?) to stop stuff falling out, and double-zippers are as polarising as ever. I think it’d be possible to remove out the lower slider with snips, close any open coil teeth, and use it as a single slider (plus you’d lower that lip by 10mm).
Some people are into it, but looks like they will revert to single on next gen…
Chopsicle
The spring-launch Lightweight Insulated wieighs 275grams, 40% less less than the regular Insulated Zoa (456g), with a lighter face/inner Pertex fabric, lighter Primaloft fill, minus hood, but same pockets (two side, one chest, one rear packaway) and features. ...so I'd have to say a 6? For comparison, Patagonia Nano-puff is 337g ....I could dig out the Primaloft fill weights if useful?
Edit; weights above for mens medium. Style also coming in womens fit, and both mens and womens in a bright orange, and a lovely rich dark olive. Pic below from IG; Molly Weaver in a sample on AMR earlier this week