hey guys Scott Reekers here with Eastmans' Hunting Journals and today
from the high country of Wyoming I'm here to talk about Eberlestock's
performance clothing system
let's start off with the Afterburner Pant that I had
the privilege of testing last year this pant has served us well and we've been
able to put a little bit of wear and tear on it and it is held up exactly the
way you'd expect something with Eberlestock name attached to it if
you want to know more about the the afterburner pants I covered them in more
in depth last year on this video review here we did on YouTube so look at the
link that's here right here below and you can see a little bit more on the
afterburner pants because I want to move on to some of the brand new stuff that
Eberlestock was able to come out with us here next up from eberlestock is the
lost river jacket so let's start off with what's inside this and work our way
out so the first thing that you notice is this is an insulated jacket this is
going to function as your puffy jacket it's going to keep you warm in the cold
weather this is perfect for those extended glassing sessions in the cold
where the wind starts to nip and you start to get hit with that and it really
starts to just pull that body heat off of you this 80 gram Primaloft insulation
is going to take care of you in that setting on the outside you notice that
there's a five thousand-plus resistance to water with the DWR
partnered with it so this is a jacket that you don't have to get afraid when
that sudden burst of rain like what we've got going on right now we could
have that happen this afternoon well when you need to sit through it and you
get hit by that unexpectedly this jacket has enough water resistance where it's
not going to instantly absorb every bit of water that comes in that is a huge
benefit to the high country hunter it is highly packable and stuffs inside its
own pocket so for those of you who are backpack hunters that is a fantastic
feature because if it stops inside its own pocket chances are you can use it
for part of your pillow or for your pillow which makes it an excellent
dual-purpose piece next up in the eberlestock clothing system
I want you to take a look at the cache peak jacket Eberlestock has labeled
this as a great mid layer jacket mid temperature jacket and personally I am a
big fan of the fleece on the inside polyester made and polyester is
synonymous with survival in the mountains because everyone has probably
at this point heard that cotton kills polyester is a material that dries but
it also retains most of its insulation value when it gets wet when it gets cold
you'll also see here that the pocket are very easy to put your hands in take your
hands out of with that size of pocket it's also great for when you're wearing
a thick glove that you're holding your binoculars you know cuz binoculars get
cold your hands get cold sometimes you got to warm them up putting them aside a
big pocket like this is nice it's also great for storage of things like your
cell phone especially when it's got a phone scope adapter hooked up to it that
makes it tough makes it bigger so you're able to use this as a place to store all
those things the Trinity Peak jacket now this is Eberlestock's rain jacket
yesterday we had the opportunity immediately when we got out of the truck
while we were getting our gear ready to put this jacket through the paces
because an afternoon thunderstorm came and it hit us right off the bat this
jacket functioned very well it did a great job getting rid of the water it
beat it up it did not adhere to this jacket and so ever lay stock has labeled
this jacket as fully waterproof you're not going to get wet other than your
sweat if you start moving a whole bunch with this jacket but beauty of that if
you start moving pit zips these pit zips are going to keep you cool get rid of
much of the heat that is going on another feature inside this jacket is
this air mesh and the shoulder padding this is designed to give you some
breathability between you and your pack where your shoulder harnesses is hitting
you where it's touching and where you're going to sweat a lot give you a little
bit of air a little bit of breathability and you
should be able to have a much better experience using this jacket the hood
adjustments from the back tighten it up and also get adjustments here tighten it
around your face so you still get range of motion but get it right where you
want it so water is not hitting you from the side make sure it's tight around
your hat and comes in right here at the point of your head this cuff comes out
has a thumb hole put your thumb through and you can keep that there then you can
cinch it down tight and it'll function as an insulator keeping that heat from
escaping at your wrists so that's a very cool feature because many times I use my
rain jacket as my softshell jacket that's the case and this keeps more heat
in function just perfectly exactly the way it was intended finally we've got
the diamond peak vest and with the wind that's just picked up I'm actually going
to add this as part of my layering system right now because I want to get
some insulation around my core make sure that I'm staying warm make sure that
this is going to keep all of the insulation in this area right around
everything that is going on where my food digestion is happening where all
the heat that comes out pull that in because it's getting cold outside and so
this is a great option especially for trips like this where in August you're
going to have close to freezing temperatures it can be 75 to push an 80
in the sun sometimes in a place like this Eberlestock has called this a
fantastic mid layer I agree it is also breathable which means that you're gonna
get some of the sweat through this it's not gonna get hung up on the outside and
stay there your body is going to be able to breathe and get all that moisture out
that is a great feature for a piece of insulation making sure that you are
going to be able to be well regulated with your body temperature to close this
out I want to talk about a couple of the cool things that I saw on all the
eberlestock clothing that really kind of stood out
to me as something that huh Glen solved the problem Glen found a piece on here
that makes this much more usable and user friendly when you look at this
and think oh that's nothing special what's going on there
on this string you will see that there is basically what looks like a piece of
rubber shrink wrap around this string nothing drives me more nuts than having
a zipper and the string come off problem solved with this shrink wrapped piece of
rubber that goes around here holds that on it also makes it very easy to grab
ahold of for next to no weight penalty at all make sure you go to eberlestock.com
and check out all the clothing offerings that Eberlestock has
available I'm sure you will find yourself taking a look at all the
different camouflage patterns you can see there's more than one option here
both of these will work well but they also have solid color options that you
can take a look at - leave a comment on the blog or on this YouTube video and we
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