Best List: Stratus Long Sleeve Zip jacket by Icebreaker
An ancient breed of mountain sheep grew out their amazing to coats to bring us this amazing jacket.
Made of merino wool, the Icebreaker Stratus jacket is not only water-resistant, breathable and warm when wet, but it is also pretty much stink-free.
I’ve been a lover of the down-filled puffy from the first time it was popular way back in the ’80s, but the wooly bully merino wool sheep just might kick the goose’s ass in the jacket department.
Cozy without being bulky, comfortable in almost any situation and stylish to boot, this jacket is my new favorite.
Not burdened with any trendy additional pockets or whiz-bang features, the Stratus is just simple, elegant outdoorsy wear. And unlike a sheep, it’s even machine washable.
Price: $285
Buy from: Icebreaker, Amazon
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Jim Merithew is director of content at Cult of Mac and Cult of Android. He is the former photo director of Wired and editor at large of Raw File, Wired’s photography blog. In more than 25 years as a journalist, including eight years at the San Francisco Chronicle, Jim has led award-winning teams and relentlessly spread the gospel of the bicycle. He also plays guitar in Pickle Horse. Follow him on Instagram (@tinyblackbox) and Twitter (@tinyblackbox).
6 responses to “Icebreaker wool jacket is not sheepish about its wintery goodness”
Ok, I’m done with cultofmac. I get that they need to write sponsored articles, but a jacket?! On a tech/Apple site?!
For me, this is the last straw for this site, which I’ve been coming to many times throughout the day for years. No, I won’t be missed, but to the editors of this site: I doubt I’m alone.
Write your sponsored articles but do two things: 1 – mark them as such, and 2 – choose the products you ‘review’ more carefully.
I’m going to delete this site from my favourites, but I’ll check back in 6 months or so to see if they’ve listened to me and the many other users that have been complaining about this kind of thing lately.
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Evidently you like bullshit. Otherwise, why are you here?
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Simply ignore the article and move on. No one is forcing you to read and comment. Anyway, glad you’re “done with cultofmac.”
Curious. The only reason why Im even at this site is that Im researching Merino wool jackets and here I am. Granted, it wasn’t very informative, but non the less, here I am experiencing your site and if your sour grapes attitude is the norm around here, well then off I go.