Scott from United States, CA Public Profile

I bought this for a thru-hike of the JMT, and was very impressed. It was definitely one of my favorite pieces of gear.

This is extremely comfortable and warm, and I have had no issues with durability yet. It is also pretty light; including the stuff sack mine weighed in at 14.9 oz. My sleeping bag does not have a hood, and wearing this at night with the hood on worked great for the coldest nights. I put clothes in the stuff sack at night and it worked as a pillow; I know a lot of people aren't a fan of needing a stuff sack but that use made it ok for me. I'd highly recommend this jacket.

I bought this for a thru-hike of the JMT, and was very impressed. I hiked it in one of the rainiest seasons in recent history, so this thing saw its share of thunderstorms and even made it through a couple hail storms. It held up very well, no issues with durability. Other than my forearms, which are exposed with this poncho, I stayed very dry while hiking. The design was great to keep from overheating; air is able to get into the poncho unlike with normal rain jackets that are worn under your backpack.

The only issue I had with it is that in the worst weather when the wind kicked up I had to work a little to keep the poncho down. Maybe on future models they can include a small drawstring around the bottom to help prevent that. But as it is now, it's only a minor inconvenience.

I used this as a groundcloth a couple times for my tent and while cowboy camping and it worked fine. I never used it as a shelter; I'm 6'2" and am too tall for it to fully cover me.