slparker wrote:Hi moondog,
How 'grabby' would you say the insulation is on a poly or merimo baselayer?
I am intwrested on rhis jacket but am wary about layering a long sleeve under it.
In my experience the macpac mountaineering stuff is cut for muppet arms and can be difficult to layer.
I found it layered very well over my Patagonia "Everyday" and reasonably but with a touch of grab over my old Cap 4. I haven't yet tried the Ninja top on and done any moving about although I started to and got distracted by the heat, it did seem to be OK as far as layering goes because one of the reasons I like it so much is that it has room in the sleeves. It is a base layer but cut more like a midlayer if that makes sense. I did speak to somebody at Macpac Werribee who said it would layer OVER a Pulsar top but we all know that the Pulsar is ridiculously skinny.
I find Merino garments less slinky that polyester, it might grab on woollen base layers
I have tried the Patagonia Ninja gridfleece over my Powerstretch and that really grabbed and was not a usable combination, this was a little more slippery over the P* gridfleece.
I've not tried this top over my Powerstretch top yet.
Rereading Andy Kirkpatrick on this style of garment I think that the the base layer needs to be the lightest that will work in the temperatures you expect
You can always return it if it doesn't fit, costs postage tho, but postage is about $9-
Second thoughts Re the fit, I will need to return the Patagonia XXL Torrentshell I just bought, this garment is cut bigger in the sleeve and arms than a Torrentshell in XXL