Thread: Protective "Outer Shell" Clothing - more traditional than most :-)

@Hayden

Not 100% sure if I'm answering your question: but the overall 'fit' is fairly loose/relaxed. It doesn't hug your body like your standard hiking-style stuff. So while the garment will grab your body in the most critical areas (chest, waist and shoulders) it's looser in the arm-pits, at the bottom (over your thighs), and around your neck. Hence it appears bulkier than what it really is.

Cheers man that helps, been looking for a decent wool jacket for a long time, swannie is good but the extra pockets and weatherproof ness/robustness of these is appealing

No worries mate.

I won't bad mouth the humble Swannie, because it's a Kiwi classic in its own right (and I've got one of their old bush-shirts before they moved production to China).

But Micklagard is on a different level, both with regards to fit and performance.