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Mar 18, 2013 at 4:52 pm #1300627
Can anyone help me identify what kind of fabric this is? It's more for my own curiosity and so I can compare it when shopping for new clothing.
It's a Patagonia quarter-zip top and I bought it 5-7 years ago and the printed tag is no use.
Mar 18, 2013 at 5:06 pm #1967149Maybe their 'Regulator' grid fleece?
Mar 18, 2013 at 5:09 pm #1967150There's no grid inside of the shirt like the R1.
Mar 18, 2013 at 5:18 pm #1967151I thought maybe you just wore it the grid out.
Mar 18, 2013 at 5:27 pm #1967155Nope, it's been this way ever since I bought it. Thanks though!
If I can figure out what this is, it might quench my desire to buy an R1 or something comparable.
Mar 18, 2013 at 7:10 pm #1967226Looking online, I'm guessing its Cap 3…but not sure since I don't have a Cap 3 shirt to compare it to.
Mar 18, 2013 at 7:16 pm #1967229Looks like an older style cap3
Mar 18, 2013 at 8:27 pm #1967261I have this exact item. It's Cap3 for sure.
Mar 18, 2013 at 11:55 pm #1967322I have a 1/4 zip Cap 3, long sleeve, in black that looks about the same. I'd say 2009 Cap 3.
Mar 19, 2013 at 12:15 am #1967328If there is a tag near the lower left with the care tag and you can read "style" numbers, we may be able to track that.
Hard to read, but style 26651S0 = Lightweight Sun Hoody, Summer 2010
Another version, 84700FA11 = Down Sweater Full Zip Hoody, Fall 2011.
See http://www.patagonia.com/us/product/mens-down-sweater-full-zip-hoody?p=84700-0-331
Older tags can be much smaller and very plain without all the Patagonia stuff on the tag, just "cut" and "style" and country of manufacture. I was identifying a Capilene zip top I got for my daughter and could just make out "44274" and found this web page with a ton of info: http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-24345.html So I have a Capilene mid weight top
Trailspace.com is a very good resource for identifying gear.
I would love to get set of swatches with all the Patagonia fabrics. Patagonia is actually pretty easy if you have the tag number. The ones that make me crazy are the older Outdoor Research items. They have cranked out so many items over the years. I'll bet they have marketed a couple hundred hat models. The new ones have an actual model name on a tag– if you're lucky.
Mar 19, 2013 at 5:48 am #1967355Dale, your first picture is close, but my fabric has more of a cross-hatched pattern instead of a rectangular hole pattern (for lack of better words).
I looked at the tag, and this is the info I have – RN: 51884, CUT: 41546, STY: 44440F8 <—that's a zero before the F, not an O
And two other sets of numbers with no identifying text: 888052763766 and 0467238961
Anyway, I've had no luck on trailspace or google. It insulates really well, so I think it might be Cap 3, but if someone is able to use this info to find out for sure, that would be cool.
Mar 19, 2013 at 6:29 am #1967365Search "Patagonia 44440" on Google. It's Cap 3 made in Fall 2008. Thanks to Dale for the lesson in reading their labels.
Mar 19, 2013 at 8:03 am #1967397Thanks Peter! Didn't think to only put the digits.
Mar 19, 2013 at 9:44 am #1967431I concur!
http://reviews.patagonia.com/9248/44440/reviews.htm
Back when I sold auto parts, I used to say, "if I can't find it, there are only two reasons: it doesn't exist, or you really didn't need it in the first place!"
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