![]() ![]() I am sure that someone wearing the Fission in the dry air of the prairies, especially on a bluebird day can also push it quite a bit colder. A calm sunny day definitely adds some wiggle room. Having a light fleece makes many of these coats much warmer especially in the arms. Note that my benchmark is without sun, some wind and in humid air near the Great Lakes. Fission SV -10C Thorsen -15C Ceres SV -25C (arms might be cold in just a t-shirt) I bought many of these at the tail end of winter so my opinion may change with more use. I admittedly do run on the cooler side, and after a few winters my guideline is that by -3C or so I start layering a fleece and by -10C I need to add an Atom LT. I can say that when I tried on the Koda or wear an Atom AR that I feel warmer much quicker than with the Fission. Specific to the Fission I don't know if my impressions are due to the use of Coreloft Continuous (vs regular Coreloft), dual layers of insulation, fit or something else. If static warmth is the priority I would say down is a better option. Once you start moving around it does warm up, and like you say it does seem to be more of an active wear design. I do not find the static warmth of the Fission to be up to what you'd expect for the insulation levels + GTX. IMO your temperature impressions are correct. ![]() A wide range of winter temps here in Canada depending on where you are. If you are going to northern Alberta, it will be much colder than here in Ontario, for example. I think it also depends on where in Canada you are moving to. I've also worn my Atom AR under it and I think I could take that down to ridiculously cold temps. It does fit big so it is very easy to layer under it (usually layer with my Covert Cardigan). On the few crazy cold days (for us I would say that's anywhere below -20C ish) I just wear a fleece or something under it. I use it for active stuff like snowshoeing or back country winter camping but I also wear it to and from work and for walking the dog etc. I use my Fission SV here in Ontario, Canada and it's my go-to deep cold weather jacket. That will lock the cord in place (took me forever to figure this out lol). You have to press the tab, pull the cord to the desired tightness and then release the tab. You cant just pull the tabs and hope they stay. The cohesive hood contraption takes a trick to get them to stick.
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