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Marmot Lightweight Kestrel/Lana Crew

Best value baselayer from the Fall/Winter 2018 Gear Guide.

Brand: Marmot Gear Reviews

Model: Lightweight Kestrel/Lana Crew




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Dollar for dollar, this is the best top we used this winter. A versatile, no-frills synthetic number, the Kestrel kept us happy through the skiing months and well into hiking season with its quick-wicking and -drying properties and comfortably flexy fit. Thin and light, its sweet spot is the 20s through the low 50s.

THE DETAILS

Sweat management is characteristically swift for a synthetic (the Kestrel is 87 percent polyester, 13 percent elastane): “While hiking near Vail in temps that reached 60°F, I was a little toasty in this plus a light jacket,” says a tester. “But it did a really good job of keeping moisture away from my body.” We noticed no pilling after a full season of testing. Ding: It gets ripe after just one sweaty outing.

TRAIL CRED

“It’s a trim fit, but the material has a lot of stretch,” reports one photographer tester. “While skinning up to Red Lady Bowl outside Crested Butte, Colorado, it never inhibited my movement when I was hunching over in weird positions to get the shot.”

Weight: 10.6 oz.

Sizes: Men’s S-XL, Women’s S-XL

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