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    Tyler Miller
    BPL Member

    @fightingthetide

    Locale: Southeast

    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.

    Fabric 1

    fabric 2

    #1967149
    Bean
    BPL Member

    @stupendous-2

    Locale: California

    Maybe their 'Regulator' grid fleece?

    #1967150
    Tyler Miller
    BPL Member

    @fightingthetide

    Locale: Southeast

    There's no grid inside of the shirt like the R1.

    #1967151
    Bean
    BPL Member

    @stupendous-2

    Locale: California

    I thought maybe you just wore it the grid out.

    #1967155
    Tyler Miller
    BPL Member

    @fightingthetide

    Locale: Southeast

    Nope, 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.

    #1967226
    Tyler Miller
    BPL Member

    @fightingthetide

    Locale: Southeast

    Looking online, I'm guessing its Cap 3…but not sure since I don't have a Cap 3 shirt to compare it to.

    #1967229
    Eric Lundquist
    BPL Member

    @cobberman

    Locale: Northern Colorado

    Looks like an older style cap3

    #1967261
    R K
    Spectator

    @oiboyroi

    Locale: South West US

    I have this exact item. It's Cap3 for sure.

    #1967322
    Alex Wallace
    BPL Member

    @feetfirst

    Locale: Sierra Nevada North

    I have a 1/4 zip Cap 3, long sleeve, in black that looks about the same. I'd say 2009 Cap 3.

    #1967328
    Dale Wambaugh
    BPL Member

    @dwambaugh

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    If 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
    Patagonia tag

    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
    Patagonia tag

    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.

    #1967355
    Tyler Miller
    BPL Member

    @fightingthetide

    Locale: Southeast

    Dale, 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.

    #1967365
    Peter Griffith
    BPL Member

    @litesmith

    Locale: Litesmith.com

    Search "Patagonia 44440" on Google. It's Cap 3 made in Fall 2008. Thanks to Dale for the lesson in reading their labels.

    #1967397
    Tyler Miller
    BPL Member

    @fightingthetide

    Locale: Southeast

    Thanks Peter! Didn't think to only put the digits.

    #1967431
    Dale Wambaugh
    BPL Member

    @dwambaugh

    Locale: Pacific Northwest

    I 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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