The Mountain Hardwear Drystein Jacket is a light and compact waterproof hard-shell/soft-shell jacket ideally suited to backcountry skiing. It combines four fabrics (three externally and one internally) to bring to life the Drystein. Part hard-shell, part soft-shell. The Drystein Jacket utilizes Mountain Hardwear's new DRY.Q fabric and zonal construction to provide breathability and waterproofness where you need them most.
Mountain Hardwear's latest innovation is a new waterproof breathable fabric that is being dubbed 'DRY.Q' and comes in three flavours Elite, Active and Core. The Drystein Jacket utilizes the 'DRY.Q Elite' fabric which is the most hardcore of the three variations. Traditional waterproof-breathable systems work by moving moisture out through the shell fabric. The trouble is, you have to get hot before they start working. That means waiting until you're clammy and damp before the breathability kicks in. With DRY.Q you don't have to build up condensation and moisture before it starts to breath.
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