I've been wearing my Downpour Jacket for a few weeks now and it's been amazing. It's been raining a lot and getting chilly here in Portland so the Downpour has been perfect. I wear it for my 10-mile round trip commute to my dayjob downtown from Creston-Kennilworth, coffee outside, social rides, bike shenaniganery and errands.

The jacket packs into its back pocket and disappears into nothing. At first I was skeptical because of how light it is but after wearing it in real world conditions in bone-crushing downpours and wind gusts, I'm sold. This jacket is legit and something I wish I had in my NYC messenger days a looooooong time ago.

My jacket arrived the day after a gnarly thorn bush in a non-paved alley near my house tore a hole in my old Chrome jacket (it's still good, just needs some patching). That jacket is light grey and the Downpour is nearly-black dark grey.

Paired with my merino hoody, long-sleeve Chrome t-shirt and 415 Storm boots, it's a no-brainer to reach for my Downpour instead of that snooty English cycling brand or pretentious Canadian brand.