Utilizing some of the same insulation and fabrication and technology that have made
Big Agnes sleeping bags such back packing favorites, the Shovelhead hooded jacket brings
light weight compressible warmth for winter time activities.
Let’s take a look at the insulation and the structure of this jacket that makes it
so unique.
Starting with that insulation you have got 700 fill down tech insulation.
So while you have got the light weight compressibility of down and that great warmth to weight ration,
this down is treated.
It makes it highly water resistant comparative to traditional down.
It holds its structure.
It holds its loft even if it should become wet or damp.
It also dries a lot faster.
Makes this jacket far more weather worthy than a traditional down jacket can be.
The baffling here, you will see it is almost a vertical baffling.
You have got some unique diagonal construction here on the chest.
Again, this mirrors what Big Agnes has brought to sleeping bags.
It is a very efficient, a very warm structure and there are internal flow gates.
What I mean when I say that is basically there are stop points so that down doesn’t migrate.
You don’t end up with dead spots.
You have got a really consistent warmth throughout the jacket and that is maintained throughout
the life of the jacket.
It is certainly a sizable jacket.
Again, a lot of warmth here, a lot of loft and insulation.
Expectation here certainly that it is more often than not worn as an outer layer piece.
It would be a great lay jacket as I think about it now.
You could put a hard shell over top of it for better weather protection, but the real
expectation is that you are wearing layers beneath it.
There is elasticity at the cuffs which improves the fit there.
There is also thumb holes integrated here.
I see this quite often in base layers, mid layers and love it there.
Don’t always see it on an insulated piece, a piece as warm as this.
I still love that feature.
It gives you greater warmth.
You can see it pulls that down further on to the hand.
So even if you are not wearing gloves it is a warmer option.
If you are wearing gloves either beneath or over top of this, you do away with that somewhat
annoying gapping that can happen between a glove and the jacket itself where cold air
can sneak in.
Really neat feature there.
There are dual points of adjustability on the hem of this jacket so you can cinch in
that fit, make that a little tighter there at the waist.
The hooded jacket, fully insulated hood and also points of adjustability on that hood.
Fairly sizable.
You could sneak a low profile helmet underneath it, but it is more better head fit than it
is over a helmet.
Several pockets on the Shovelhead jacket.
So you have got two zippered hand warmer pockets, extremely warm hand warmer pockets.
On the inside of the jacket, on each side you have got stretch mesh storage pockets.
If you are wearing this for skiing and you are skinning, need to pull those textured
strips off the bottom of the skis, they will tuck in there nicely or will be there if and
when you need them.
Enough room in there if you are wearing this as a belay jacket you could actually put water
bottles in there.
There is also a small zippered pocket on the interior of the chest.
This jacket will fit inside it, so it will stuff inside itself.
Also just a great place to keep valuables close at hand.
The Big Agnes Shovelhead hooded jacket.
Big Agnes has helped you sleep comfortably through the night and now they have brought
that same performance into a jacket.
You have got light weight compressibility and that weather worthy performance for all
of your cold weather activity.