View Full Version : Lightweight Big/Tall Windshell
mak52580
12-16-2009, 18:15
I am looking for a lightweight windshell/windjacket in the XXL to XXXL range. I am looking for something similar to the Golite Wisp at 3-6oz or so. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!
bigcranky
12-16-2009, 18:42
I am looking for a lightweight windshell/windjacket in the XXL to XXXL range. I am looking for something similar to the Golite Wisp at 3-6oz or so. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!
Can you sew? You might end up buying the fabric (try www.thru-hiker.com for fabric and patterns) and making your own. The high-end stuff usually tops out at XL, and few companies offer tall sizes.
srestrepo
12-16-2009, 18:55
hey assuming i dont know how to sew, how hard would it be to make something like this?
bigcranky
12-16-2009, 19:06
hey assuming i dont know how to sew, how hard would it be to make something like this?
I dunno. I watched my lovely wife make a bivy sack using some very slippery, very light materials (Momentum .90 and sil nylon.) She just zipped them right up with her sewing machine. When I tried it, it was a total disaster. I can kinda, sorta, make the sewing machine work when using normal fabrics, but those really light ones are tough. I think she used some sort of magic super power.
Seriously, you can probably learn how, but plan to spend some time on it.
srestrepo
12-16-2009, 19:09
yeah... i watched my grandmother whip up some stuff on some old thread injector... its incredible and its enticing to try. so i did. but it didn't work. i'll leave this work to a pro... or my grandma
You might try a specialty custom shop. Bring $$.
The one I looked at was near Seattle, pretty reasonable, in a high end sense, if one is odd shaped.
Cannot recall the name. I googled and got a different shop. Shutterbug or Sarbar would know it.
Shutterbug
12-17-2009, 01:33
You might try a specialty custom shop. Bring $$.
The one I looked at was near Seattle, pretty reasonable, in a high end sense, if one is odd shaped.
Cannot recall the name. I googled and got a different shop. Shutterbug or Sarbar would know it.
I know Feathered Friends for their down sleeping bags, but all of their products are made in their Seattle, WA factory.
http://www.featheredfriends.com/Picasso/Garments/GarmentsExpedition.html (http://www.featheredfriends.com/Picasso/Garments/GarmentsExpedition.html)
http://beyondclothing.com/
But I don't see straight wind shirts. For amusement and after lottery winning, check out the measurement section.
only two xx's: http://www.backcountryoutlet.com/outlet/ARC0668/Arcteryx-Squamish-Windshell-Jacket-Mens.html?avad=11193&COUP=4DB-1-MTH4J
If you stumble onto any with tall sizing, you could post up. I have sleeve/pit issues. Handy for grabbing stuff out of the top of the closet, but off the shelf sale stuff-bah.
Good luck in your search.
you can often find big/tall stuff at places like cabela's and eddie bauer