Monique Y. Herman wrote:
On 2004-01-16, F. Plant penned:

One feature I like is mesh inside my pit zips. Helps keep snow out
when you do a tumble. Not a deal breaker, though if you want you can
have a seamstress put them in. For that matter I've had complete pit
zips put into jackets that were otherwise fantastic deals. Also
hoods detached, etc (depends how things are made to start with).
Sometimes stores will even give you the name of the shop they deal
with for their in store repairs -you tend to get good work and good
prices which is why the store deals with them. If they do a lot of
sportswear, some even are equiped to tape seams, but they tend to be
pricier shops. Dosn't hurt to find one though in case you need
something repaired in a hurry.

F.Plant


Yeah, I did think it odd that this jacket doesn't have mesh in the
pits. I guess I'll just try it a few times and see what I think.

I usually don't ski with the pit zips open (on purpose anyway). I just open
them when skinning up, trekking, or riding the lift. Then I do them up for
the descent. Sometimes I forget. In deep powder that can be bad, even if you
don't take a digger.

Matt