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Fanatic Hoodie
Original price was: $179.00.$59.00Current price is: $59.00.-67% OFF
Description
The Fanatic is a high-performance hoodie on steroids and will quickly become a favorite in your whitetail system. Body-mapped grid and microgrid fleeces work together to regulate your body temp while keeping scent down, thanks to Polygiene® Odor Control Technology.
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Weight: 16.6 oz. // Size: LBody and Hood Fabric: Heavyweight Comfort Stretch Fleece (93% Polyester/7% Elastane).Facemask Fabric: Quick-Dry, Lightweight Stretch Mesh (88% Polyester/12% Elastane).Polygiene® Odor Control Technology safely neutralizes odor caused from sweat.Built-In Breathable Mesh Face Mask: Conceal your face on the move and increase your success rate.Flip-over hand mitts: In addition to the integrated thumb-holes enable easy layering.
Lightweight extremely comfortable
I love all their gear that I have purchased but this is BY FAR the best !
Next is the customer service. I ordered multiple items from them and half were canceled after 5 days. I wanted bottoms to go with this too and they told me sorry we sold out after a week of waiting. They then told me if I wanted to return the rest of the order that I haven’t gotten yet I could wait for it and then pay 40 bucks to ship it back to them… I know it’s the busy season but even now the items I ordered that they said were sold out are still available on their website so if you go to order it you can wait a week for them to cancel it on you. I even offered to wait for a restock whenever that may be instead of canceling and they said there is no restock date… how is that possible idk. Anyway I ordered from first lite and won’t be doing business with SITKA anymore.
Most retailers who sell Sitka have a small island or maybe one row dedicated to their products, and they don't usually sell their entire line and have only a few samples of each model in any given size. I wear a Large (large tall, for shirts typically) and the first Fanatic hoody I got in large fit me like a glove. Perfect. tight-ish around the shoulders, loose-ish around the waist and chest, sleeves fit well and everything was so great that I went back to the store and bought a second one. This "Large" was nothing like the first. They're both labeled large on the inside of the back of the jacket, so it wasn't a tagging or stocking issue. The two Large garments are appreciably different in size. Since it's not like I have access to five of these things at once, it's impossible to know whether the one that fits me is a true large and the other is closer to an XL, or if a Medium would fit better and Large is getting into the slightly too big territory.
So, for a $189 shirt, I can only imagine that when these are produced, they're produced however and then once finished they're designated a size based on a range of dimensions, as opposed to being built to specific dimensions for a given size. If this is the case (just a wild theory I've had since day one... and maybe this is how all clothes work?), that kinda sucks. I'd expect very close attention to dimensions since fit is an important characteristic of this garment. Which leads me to...
I've never had a shirt which made it impossible to roll up the sleeves. I understand why this is the case with this specialized garment (I use it as an all-purpose cold-weather base layer, not for bow hunting up in a tree) but there are times where it really is handy to be able to push a sleeve up to the elbow. Just about impossible to get past 1/3 way up the forearm with this jacket, and I have small wrists.
After several washes and hang drying (i'm obsessive about how I wash clothes, but I do not have a front-load washer) the shirt looks about 95% as good as it did new. I'm curious to see how it (they) hold up after a full year of use, or two or three.
As others have mentioned, the quality of the elastic around the flip-over mitts is not great, showing signs of deterioration on day 1. Pilling/pulling of the fleece is happening as well, but not too badly. It does not impact comfort.
It FEELS like (it's hard to verify with certainty) that after several washes, the polygeine coating which is supposed to help the shirt stink less has become much less effective. I don't know much about these fancy coatings and whether they're sprayed on or impregnated into the fabric, or what. I was this thing (these things) on average once every 10 days.
And finally, for full disclosure, I got my first, perfect-fitting Fanatic for $30 due to an error on the checkout lady's part (!!!) which is why I was more than happy to go back and get a second one; they were having a 30% off sale. Bottom line is that for full retail, this is a hard sell and the sizing issue I described above would REALLY turn me off if I were paying full price for this... thing. Two for less than the price of one. Outstanding!
Supposedly an odor treatment to help eliminate orders, cannot speak as to effectiveness.
Quite warm, first worn on recent hike to Mt. Leconte lodge overnight trip and this warm hoody was awesome for the sunset and early morning. Comfortable if active for tempertures 30-50F.
Would buy again. I am 6'2, 185lb and I bought an XL.
I'm not a hunter but with the features this hoodie offers it's definitely worth the 200$ price tag. Thumbholes positioned to provide sleve coverage up to the finger tips and built in mittens are nice to have for extreme cold when you forgot your gloves. Seems like a lot of thought went into the design of this hoody and it would be tough to find something similar.
In a tree stand
Didn’t buy this piece for the multi-function mitts but a great plus for the hoody. I found for my area they replace gloves. On really cold days I used hand warmers. Gloves never left my day pack. Without doubt, this is a five star piece of performance wear