Post by wdw on Feb 24, 2016 12:26:49 GMT -6
Here's some pre-soak pics of my latest acquisition, the new black 21oz Type 3. The USP is that the weft is solid black that won't fade, but the warp will fade to grey, so sounds interesting. The sizing's weird on this though, with deliberately crazy long arms compared to the indigo 526J, presumably for bike riding. The arms also seem wider, but that might be because of the bunching due to the length. If you're a weightlifting gorilla, this would be great straight out of the box.
Also, the length is a theoretically a bit shorter than the indigo, which has raised some eyebrows on the IH forum. Knowing that, I asked for the longest in my size and this came in about 0.4" more than spec, and more than my 526J, so no problems there. I wouldn't actually want it any longer.
I much prefer the fit of the 526J, with the normal arms, but don't want to size down as I prefer layer room, so in the interests of science, I'm now going to do an experiment to see what happens. I'll do a long very hot soak to the arms only, followed up by a luke-warmish full soak. I'll update at the weekend with the results. No matter what, it can't look any worse than my failed CF 23oz experiment
Also, the length is a theoretically a bit shorter than the indigo, which has raised some eyebrows on the IH forum. Knowing that, I asked for the longest in my size and this came in about 0.4" more than spec, and more than my 526J, so no problems there. I wouldn't actually want it any longer.
I much prefer the fit of the 526J, with the normal arms, but don't want to size down as I prefer layer room, so in the interests of science, I'm now going to do an experiment to see what happens. I'll do a long very hot soak to the arms only, followed up by a luke-warmish full soak. I'll update at the weekend with the results. No matter what, it can't look any worse than my failed CF 23oz experiment
