The other thing I notice right away is that these jackets fit more trimly than previous Rocket jackets. With a full featured jacket like this with armor and a liner and such, a lighter weight is a bonus for comfort. So that confirms I am actually sensing that the jacket IS lighter than other similar styles. It is called Airguard and they claim it is between 20% and 53% lighter than other similar fabrics and they have microscopic pictures of the yarn, which is hollow. And during shooting, I was reading the hang tags on the jacket and saw some info on the fabric used in the jacket. When I first picked up the samples of this new Ballistic Revolution jacket, I thought they seemed to be lighter than other standard 3/4 length touring styles I’ve looked at lately. For example, the men’s XL has a 46-48 inch chest and a max belly of about 40 to 42 inches. The max belly size for each jacket is about 6” less than the chest size. If you have a bit of a belly you can measure your belly with a tape to make sure the jacket size you choose will be big enough. But because of the trim nature of the fit, if you are between sizes, I’d advise you to pick the larger. Joe Rocket products have mostly had a very generous fit, so a more trim style like this will be welcome. As compared to many other Joe Rocket styles, I find this jacket to fit a bit more trim, which is a welcome change. You can use the chart to choose if you know your chest size. Therefore, I recommend you choose the size jacket you normally wear in men’s clothing. We also tried on a Medium and XL on our Fit Check mannequins Huey and Dewey and they look great (view those shots by taking the View Larger Images link above). We checked some sizes against Joe Rocket’s size chart and found the estimated chest sizes to be accurate. The overall fit of this jacket is very “standard”.
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