It also has laser cut holes so if I pull it over my nose and mouth, it won't fog my glasses, which is a nice touch. The shirt fit me well, but lacks the thumb loops, a feature I really like. But really, this comes down to two questions. Does it work? Does it do everything that the Patagonia Shirt does? And while it's doing that does it also keep me cooler? So question 1, does it work. It does almost everything the Patagonia shirt does, with the exception of the UPF 30 which I think is probably okay.
It wicks moisture well, and fits well. It feels good against my skin, and I would have no problem wearing it. Question 2, does it keep me cooler?
Well, actually, it does. It gets this weird cooling effect going on that I am at a loss to explain. At one point I put the gaiter on my head like a hat and it was much cooler, and when you touch the sleeve of the shirt you can feel that it is cooler. I don't fully understand how it works, but it definitely works. One down side, it takes significantly longer to dry, and I think that is part of the cooling process.
The first thing I noticed was quality craftsmanship. For example, the zipper pull tab features a Columbia logo. Those are just a couple examples of the quality touches you get that show you how detailed Columbia is with their products. Columbia has many shirts with similar names that have different cuts and styles. I was under the impression that this was going to be a compression top, but it definitely is NOT.
If you wear a medium race-cut cycling jersey, consider a size Small Omni Freeze Zero shirt. Trust my opinion as a fellow endurance athlete. The arm sleeves, on the other hand, those are tight! Also great is how the sleeves are very long and cover my entire arm. I blame this on having a size too big for me, though. I even wore it for a flight in a small aircraft a Piper Warrior III, to be specific, which was by far the hottest, most uncomfortable situation the shirt faced.
I wore the sleeves a lot! Just about every time I went riding or paddling this summer, I had the sleeves on. Mostly, I used it to keep the sun off the back of my neck. It did a much better job than self-applied sunscreen would have! This is great during kayaking and fishing. Honestly, you can cover your entire head and still have some visibility in the sunlight. Useful for leisure activities such as sunbathing.
Pro tip: You can easily dunk the neck gaiter in water, then put it on. Oh yeah, that feels good! Sure, these are great quality products that you could wear all the time, but to get the benefits that you pay for, you need to sweat a lot. You need to provide the fabric with a moderate but consistent supply of sweat or water to keep it activated.
Soaking the neck gaiter in cold water pre-ride is amazing, and the combination of wet sleeves and a fan really does provide some extra cooling effect. Too bad dogs cool off differently than humans. This neck gaiter, with a couple leg holes, would be perfect to keep the sun off Max! I can confirm that the claims are real. Against the skin it would make it really breathable and cool by lowering the temperature until the fabric dries out.
It feels really comfortable as it glides along the skin. During our activities in the island, we did sweat a lot from the heat and humidity, especially when going through the lateral sections of Malinta Tunnel. But throughout I felt the cooling effect on my shirt especially on my back and shoulders where my backpack is worn. The sensation was like a light mint on the skin and the fabric would dry up easily as well. For a more scientific approach, a thermal scanner was used to show the cooling down effect after our tunnel traverse.
Amidst the warm temperature scans there were blue areas where the cooling process is currently happening. Pretty impressive. So the Omni-Freeze Zero technology does work.
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