The Wavelight is a thin, lightweight synthetic jacket. It can be used as a stand alone layer in cool weather or as a middle layer for winter cold. It is roomy enough to layer underneath it, and lightweight enough to layer over it. This jacket, with its rip-stop nylon exterior, is also great in the wind. I wore this jacket almost non-stop through the fall, and I am really enjoying its light weight and design. This winter I have worn the Wavelight on cold Nordic ski trips where I had a chill and wanted something beefier than a shell. It kept me warm, I did not overheat, and it's roomy design worked well through the poling motion. My wife has been wearing hers as a middle layer on alpine ski days. On New Years Day, the morning temperature hovered around 4 degrees. She had the Wavelight on underneath a heavy shell, and she was totally psyched about how toasty she was all morning. She had skied two days earlier in slightly warmer temperatures with a fleece middle layer rather than the Wavelight, and was cold all day.
I was wearing a Prime Jacket with only a base layer underneath on that same trip. Skiing off the tram, I wasn’t sure how cold it was, but my face was stinging slightly from the cold wind yet I was completely comfortable and protected with the Prime Jacket. We have experienced a lot of wind (with cold) this winter and the Prime Jacket has really worked well as a stand alone outer layer.
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