{"id":221,"date":"2018-04-17T14:12:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T14:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/?p=221"},"modified":"2018-04-17T14:12:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T14:12:36","slug":"gear-review-stormy-kromer-ida-outfitter-vest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/2018\/04\/17\/gear-review-stormy-kromer-ida-outfitter-vest\/","title":{"rendered":"Gear Review: Stormy Kromer Ida Outfitter Vest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_267\" style=\"width: 542px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P1090284-copy-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Magoo in the Stormy Kromer Ids Outfitter Vest in Blue Spruce\" width=\"532\" height=\"709\" class=\"wp-image-267\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P1090284-copy-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P1090284-copy.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magoo in the Stormy Kromer Ids Outfitter Vest in Blue Spruce<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I love my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stormykromer.com\/the-ida-outfitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stormy Kromer Ida Outfitter vest<\/a>. Since I got my first Ida Outfitter vest for Christmas 2016, it has been a staple for layering during my winter adventures. It keeps my core warm, which is important during winter activities. There have been many times I snowshoed with just a long sleeve shirt and my Outfitter vest.<\/p>\n<p>The vest adds warmth without being bulky. This is important if you do need to add more warmth layers or wind layers. It is easy to move in as well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_277\" style=\"width: 473px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-277\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P1110395-copy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Magoo in the Stormy Kromer Ida Outfitter Vest in Blue Spruce\" width=\"463\" height=\"347\" class=\"wp-image-277\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P1110395-copy-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P1110395-copy-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P1110395-copy.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magoo in the Stormy Kromer Ida Outfitter Vest in Blue Spruce<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Ida Outfitter has three pockets. One pocket is on the back near your side. I have never used the back pocket. It also has a pocket on each side of the hip\/waist area. I sometimes slip my phone or a PowerBar into one of the front pockets. The pockets do not have zippers. I don&#8217;t think anything could fall out of them while the vest is being worn because of the way they are arranged &#8212; unless you do cartwheels or stand on your head.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_278\" style=\"width: 262px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-278\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P1090268-copy-136x300.jpg\" alt=\"Magoo in the Stormy Kromer Ida Outfitter Vest in Blue Spruce\" width=\"252\" height=\"556\" class=\"wp-image-278\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P1090268-copy-136x300.jpg 136w, http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P1090268-copy-768x1695.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P1090268-copy.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magoo in the Stormy Kromer Ida Outfitter Vest in Blue Spruce<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I don&#8217;t use the pockets a lot because I usually have a backpack on when we are snowshoeing and the hip belt would need to be undone to access the pockets. I don&#8217;t think bulky items would fit well in the pockets, nor would you want that bulge on your belly. A lip balm, phone, or thin wallet would be fine.<\/p>\n<p>The vest has a metal zipper which I have had no problems with. It also has a high neck which I love for a little more wind protection. I usually still wear a merino wool buff around my neck for added warmth. I hate having a cold neck. The vest seems well made and has an 80\/20 wool\/nylon blend fabric.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_279\" style=\"width: 441px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-279\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P1110439-copy-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Frosty in His SK Outfitter Vest from Stormy Kromer in Red Pine Plaid\" width=\"431\" height=\"575\" class=\"wp-image-279\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P1110439-copy-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P1110439-copy.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frosty in His SK Outfitter Vest from Stormy Kromer in Red Pine Plaid<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Frosty got the men&#8217;s version this winter, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stormykromer.com\/the-sk-outfitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SK Outfitter<\/a>. He wore it on our snowshoeing trips and has also enjoyed the core warmth it provides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love my Stormy Kromer Ida Outfitter vest. Since I got my first Ida Outfitter vest for Christmas 2016, it has been a staple for layering during my winter adventures. It keeps my core warm, which is important during winter activities. There have been many times I snowshoed with just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[11,25],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions\/281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.robertpottle.com\/outside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}