FS: sleeping bag liner, balaclava, helmet, fleece jacket

[Dug]

All prices dropped again! Buy my sturrfff.

mountain hardwear windstopper balaclava (size: regular)
Brand new, never used, sat around doing nothing
SOLD

salomon screamer helmet black (L) - Full coverage helmet (ears)
Used for about a week, some scuffs and dulling from resort tables, no scrapes/dings/cracks/hard hits
$35 shipped

SeaToSummit "premium" silk mummy liner
Brand new, never used, never even opened
SOLD



marmot arctic frost jacket (L) - $180 retail
brand new, awesome jacket but it's too big for me
pit zips, driclime chin, hem drawcord, wind resistant polartec wind pro fleece, lofty inside, hardface outside, marmot's catalog describes it as almost a soft shell which would be correct
bought it as a more breathable alternative to the mountain hardwear windstopper tech jacket
$100 shipped



Marmot pic:

[ljm]

bump for the sweet baklava

[satori]

I used to have that same Darth Vader helmet

[Dug]

Want to own it again for nostalgia's sake?

[Dug]

^moooooo

[Dug]

Price dropped on the jacket again.

Buy my stuff folks.

[Blatant]

pm........

[Kellie]

Do you think the size reg balaclava will fit a regular-sized head?

[Dug]

Yup, shouldn't be a problem. It's basically a one size fits all.

[Will]

Tempted by the balaclava (and by Dug's avatar), but I already have a similar one (the balaclava, not the avatar).

For those of you on the fence, here's a killer review from a serious bad-ass.

MOUNTAIN HARDWEAR FLEX WINDPROOF BALACLAVA
Weight: 85g
Price: £30/$55



The first balaclava I ever owned was one of those yellow woolly jobs all old school climbers seemed to wear (Martin Boyson still wears his!), which always seemed to hot…and somewhat itchy. Luckily powerstetch (well Patagonia Activist as it was called) came along, and since then most of my baklavas have been made from this great material.

The one big problem I’ve always had is that immensely frustrating phenomenon of balaclava creep, were you find it keeps slipping down over your eyes, meaning you’re forced to keep dragging it back by pulling at the back of the neck where it leaves you helmet. Another problem is it’s hard to find a balaclava that both stays out of your face when you don’t want it there, yet fits snugly without suffocating you!

Yet another problem is moisture from your breath freezing up, or being funnelled up into your glasses or goggles – both a real pain and greatly increasing the difficulty of navigation in stormy weather. On nearly all my balaclavas and neck gaiters I try to reduce this by adding a small hole to breath through.

For full on winter conditions it’s vital that your face remains protected, both to limit skin damage (frostbite, wind burn, hail rash), but also to allow you to operate with ease, after all if you’re buried inside your hood you won’t see much.

Goggles help in this respect, but very often the nose is exposed to the elements, which in a high mountain situation can easily lead to frostnip or worse.

For many years climbers have used neoprene face masks to increase face protection, but in my experience they are uncomfortable and claustrophobic to wear. So what’s the alternative?

Luckily a few years ago Mountain Hardwear brought out their excellent Flex balaclava (also often known as just plain Windproof balaclava), which although far from general purpose, remains a truly vital piece of kit for anyone who goes where things get wild.

This is kind of a balaclava/face mask, and due to very good pattern cutting, it works extremely well, fitting the head and face perfectly. The majority of the balaclava is made from Gore Windstopper (I’m not a fan of windproof fleece but in this situation it works well), with powerstetch panels at the mouth and ears (so you can still hear when belaying). The over all effect is great, and I never go out on a big route with a standard powerstrech balaclava (which I’ll wear as a hat in milder conditions), and my Flex balaclava, and I know that it’s saved my face many times in places like Patagonia and Alaska in winter.

The only modification I’ve made is to sew a clip in loop to one edge (you could just make a small cut in the fleece), add a patch of powerstrech on the inside of the nose to increase warmth when the fleece gets saturated by moisture.

The only drawback is that it seems Mountain Hardwear have decided to drop this great piece of kit for this winter (another specialist product that fails on the mass market), but there seems to be a lot of them around in the shops still. You never know, if enough people e-mail MH they may start making them again! If they don’t then I think the OR Gorilla Balaclava might be a good replacement.

[Dug]

Yes, don't make my avatar sad. Buy my stuff! Prices can be negotiated! I even accept trades!

[AKturnanburn]

after that rave review I suddely feel the need for a good baclava

PM sent.

[72Twenty]

I think Sage and Tate should review this thread for clarity.

(about the balaclava)

[bc]

Bump... honestly, only because I wanted to see the avatar. Or see if it had been updated. But otherwise, I have the balaclava and it's $$.

[Dug]

"Moooooo!!", said the cow.

The cow had actually said, "All prices dropped!", as well however. The cow was also somewhat curious about whether or not it had used correct punctuation in the previous thought, but eventually decided that such ponderings might be considered decidedly faery-ish by its peers, and so promptly stopped thinking altogether.

The cow was later tipped over by a drunken frat boy and thought nothing of it.

[Kellie]

okay, i'm in for the balaclava - will send PM a bit later

[Dug]

Humpty Dumpty Bumpty.

And that jacket has PIT ZIPS folks! How often to do you get that feature on a fleece jacket with no laminate?

That's the second time with a no show, Kellie. You stood me up!

[Kellie]

Did I miss a PM from you? I'll still buy your balaclava . . . just PM me your info!

[AsheanMT]

I like that helmet but i don't know.....

[Dug]

Did I miss a PM from you? I'll still buy your balaclava . . . just PM me your info!

Well I never received anything!

In any case, someone else stepped up and it's now sold.

[Dug]

..rawr..

[Dug]

Nyah!!!!

[doublediamond223]

I like the jacket and the price, but it's too damned yellow. Sorry...

[Dug]

It's not all that yellow, that's more my camera than anything else. The marmot pic is a lot more accurate as far as color goes and even then it's more a dull orangy brown.

obey the boobies... buy it...

[Dug]

Price dropped on fleece! Help me out.