Columbia Men’s Watertight II Front-Zip Hooded Rain Jacket Review

Columbia Omni-tech

Columbia Men’s Watertight II Front-Zip Hooded Rain Jacket Review

Columbia Men's Watertight II Jacket

If you are looking for lightweight windproof, waterproof and breathable jacket which is available in neutral colors, one of the good choices is Columbia Men’s Watertight II jacket. It is packable, it has hood, very nice and simple jacket.

You can see that Columbia’s Omni-tech feature really works:

Columbia Omni-tech
Columbia Omni-tech
Columbia Omni-tech
Columbia Omni-tech

You will find more photos on Amazon. There are many colors available:

Condor Summit Soft Shell Tactical Jacket Review: Rain and Snow

Condor Summit Soft Shell Tactical Jacket After the Rain

Condor Summit Soft Shell Tactical Jacket Review: Rain and Snow

Condor Summit Soft Shell Tactical Jacket Review: Rain, Snow and Mud
Condor Summit Soft Shell Tactical Jacket Review: Rain and Snow

There are a lot of soft shell jackets available on the market. Condor and Rothco jackets are the most popular ones. They have very similar look, materials and price. But there are some differences between them.

I have chosen Condor Summit Soft Shell Tactical Jacket and really happy with it. I will try to give you as much info as possible in this review.

It is warm, breathable, water resistant and windproof.

Let’s have a closer look at all features of the jacket. It has Teflon coating, YKK zippers and breathable shell technology:

Condor Summit Jacket Features
Condor Summit Jacket Features
Condor Summit Jacket Features
Condor Summit Jacket Features
Condor Summit Jacket Features
Condor Summit Jacket Features

Condor Summit Jacket has a lot of different pockets.

2 shoulder pockets with two 4″x4″ (10x10cm) shoulder patch panels:

Condor Summit Jacket Shoulder Pocket
Condor Summit Jacket Shoulder Pocket
Condor Summit Jacket Shoulder Pocket
Condor Summit Jacket Shoulder Pocket

2 chest pockets:

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Condor Summit Chest Pocket
Condor Summit Chest Pocket

Left Forearm Pocket

Condor Summit Left Forearm Pocket
Condor Summit Left Forearm Pocket

2 internal pockets:

Condor Summit Inner Pocket
Condor Summit Inner Pocket

Huge back pocket (very handy when you need to take off your gloves, for example):

Condor Summit Back Pocket
Condor Summit Back Pocket

Stow-away hoodie:

Condor Summit Jacket Stow-away Hoodie
Condor Summit Jacket Stow-away Hoodie
Condor Summit Jacket Stow-away Hoodie
Condor Summit Jacket Stow-away Hoodie

Another nice feature is underarm ventilation:

Condor Summit Under Arm Ventilation
Condor Summit Under Arm Ventilation

Here are photos which illustrate what happened after 2 hourse of light rain and one hour of heavy rain:

Condor Summit Soft Shell Tactical Jacket After the Rain
Condor Summit Soft Shell Tactical Jacket After the Rain
Condor Summit Soft Shell Tactical Jacket After the Rain
Condor Summit Soft Shell Tactical Jacket After the Rain

Jacket was dry inside. The material of the Condor Summit Soft Shell Tactical Jacket works very good, you can see lots of water drops on the jacket but it is not wet. Only small areas of the outside layer were wet.

Here are several photos to show what happened to this soft shell jacket after several hours of wet snow:

Condor Summit Softshell Jacket after Snow
Condor Summit Softshell Jacket after Snow
Condor Summit Softshell Jacket after Snow
Condor Summit Softshell Jacket after Snow

Outer shell was mostly dry. Good result.

Highly recommended soft shell jacket. High-quality and inexpensive.