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Outdoor Research Transcendent Sweater
Taking Warmth and Comfort to a Higher Plane
By Dusty Overby
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Name: Dusty Overby
Email: doverby@gearpatrol.com
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About: Gents… my name is Dusty. To date, I have been resident amongst the masses of Gear Patrol devotees. Now, I have received a different calling. My charge is to shrug off the casual and carefree life of one who solely reads; I am to eschew the selfish pleasures man-info consumption, and to, instead, contribute mighty works of journalistic prowess suitable for the enlightenment of the Gear Patrol audience.
I’m sure that we would all agree that Gear Patrol shines as a bright beacon in the world of Men’s Lifestyle and Leisure. With numerous other sites and magazines vying for your attention, you read Gear Patrol because it cuts through the worthless flotsam and jetsam the other sites and blogs rehash day in and day out, bringing you a unique perspective on the latest gizmos and whatnots that matter to you. Well, it just so happens that I majored in gizmos and minored in whatnots.
Hopefully, my background and experiences will allow me to deliver piping-hot and tasty content direct to you from my areas of expertise. I was schooled in the beautiful Southeastern U.S. of A. There I spent only a modicum of time in actual class; instead wisely opting to hone other skills such as video game dominance (Ed: Dusty’s GoldenEye skills were unparalleled - full stop), media and entertainment studies, and indulging my competitive nature.
Post graduation, I sojourned for three years in southern Germany. There, I garnered a great appreciation for European culture as well as their longstanding brewing traditions/skills. Needless to say, travel is up there on my list of personal passions. Now I am back in the States where, by day, I work in sales and marketing in the construction industry. Also, I’m an on-again, off-again runner who enjoys many outdoor activities, preeminent among them being a fanatical, though rarely fantastical, golfer.
That being said, you may have to indulge some of my written idiosyncrasies. If my posts get too wacky, surely someone will let me know (Eric?). I plan to bring a bit of wit and wisdom to a community that clearly already has them in spades. Fellow readers, I shall do you proud by helping advance Gear Patrol in advancing you. After all, it’s a good bet that at least some of what entertains me just might entertain you too.
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For those of you living on the half of our planet situated above the equator, fall is here; about this there can be no doubt. Some of us revel in the cool, damp mornings and crisp evenings that autumn brings. Whether or not you love the weather that comes with this season, you can’t deny the choice opportunity that it brings to reevaluate your outerwear options.
Here’s a good place to start: our friends at Outdoor Research and their Transcendent Sweater. Hit the jump for details and more pictures.
Featuring everyone’s favorite insulator, down, the Transcendent Sweater buffets its wearer against biting wind and chill temps; it’s perfect for keeping up your core temperature, in spite of adverse conditions. What sets this jacket apart is its weight, or lack their of. Coming at just over 13 ounces, if it wasn’t keeping you so darn toasty, it might be possible to forget that you’re wearing it.
Editor’s Note: Having tested the Transcendent Sweater on the requisite chilly days, I can attest to the advertised warmth-to-weightlessness ratio. However, I’m most impressed by a feature that OR failed to mention. This piece of kit is beyond soft - like a kitten-wrapped-up-in-cashmere-floating-on-a-cloud-of-marshmallows-soft. I suppose what I’m trying to say is that beyond the obvious functional aspects of the Transcendent lies a truly luxurious comfort experience. I suggest wearing it whilst splitting wood. This will make you look rugged, and only you’ll know how cush you feel. Additionally, our tesweater (test+sweater) came in the color Pilser - further evidence that virtually anything beer flavored is a good thing.
Cost: $160

Like the sound of this. Does it pack up nice and small?
Roger,
It does seem highly compressible. You can get it down somewhere between a softball and a cantaloupe.
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