Canari Microlight Shell - Men's - Special Buy

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I bought this because I liked the yellow color and I also have another Canari Shell jacket from 2007 but that jacket is made out of the Canari Biovent. This jacket is made from the Canari Windshear material. I don't like this windshear material compared to the Biovent. I rotate jackets and the Windshear leaves me twice as sweaty and uncomfortable as compared to the Biovent. Same shell jacket, different material. Now I won't wear it.

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Because this shell is not breathable, whenever I've worn the jacket on a ride I've overheated within the first 20 minutes - I'm talking soaking wet overheated, not just slight discomfort. So the jacket is not good for aerobic activities, but is fine for strolling in the rain. I sometimes take it on backpacking trips as a backup rain jacket because it is light. In sum, this jacket is not good for its advertised use.

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After reading the reviews on this I was afraid to buy, however once I received my order I found it better than I hoped. I was comparing this one to the Pearl Izumi jacket. The Pearl Izumi material has a slight rubbery feel to it, while Canrai is more crisp. They are very very similar in thinness and feel over all. I ordered the Blazing Yellow but it is really bright green compared to Izumi, which I also like. If you are ordering this jacket do get one size bigger than you need as they run small in the cut. As for the price I could buy four Canari's to one Izumi jacket and I would be more happy with more jackets to alternate.

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I bought this primarily to increase visibility after too many death-by-car accidents happened within my community. The eye-jarring yellow/green does a good job for that. Secondarily, I bought the largest size to fit over clothing which adds a layer for cold-weather (often the case here). It bunches up to practically nothing and drys quickly. It does have limitations, however: no rain protection (not often a problem in CO), no pockets, zipper gets caught in material unless you are careful. But for my purposes, it is ideal and cheap.

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I generally will purchase men cycling clothing because it seems to be cheaper. I have purchased other jacket and cycling pants before and they fit perfect. This was just cut wrong and felt uncomfortable. It was short in length too. I really really wanted to like this jacket because I needed a bright jacket for riding, but it just didn't like me! I returned it immediately! DARN! Now I will have to pay more for a better one! You get what you pay for is what they say! [...]

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I'm a 41 and the XL (which supposedly fits 44-46) is just right over a long-sleeved layer - the sleeve length and torso length are fine. Luckily my friend who bought it for me knew better than to get the M.

Used and abused it for a year, got the zipper stuck the other day and bollixed it up getting it off, time for a new one now. I'm upgrading to something breathable with pockets and a vent flap or pit zips and/or removable sleeves. This one will go in the bin of bike stuff we keep around to loan to house guests.

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As other reviewers have stated, this jacket does not breathe. Therefore, once you are warmed up = warm, you'll need to shed this jacket and store it in your bag or jersey pouch.

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Greatly disappointed when it arrived. Way smaller than even the size chart suggest. Its a quality item, just consider a Man's large to be a Womans large, and so forth. It's also a [$] MSRP retail item not[$] as made out to be by REI. Actually had the MSRP Tage on it for [$]

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I wore one of these most days last spring (cool and moist near Seattle) on a 13-mile each way commute. Very visible here; solar orange is a good contrast with green (better than the yellow/green color). Never seemed to make me feel damp, though it alsways had moisture inside; just turn it inside out to dry off.

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