Pearl Izumi P.R.O. Barrier Lite/General Windshirt Question

Hi Mark,

While I can’t speak to that particular Pearl Izumi piece, I’ll throw in a vote for getting a windshirt. They’re surprisingly useful. If you haven’t already, search “windshirt” here on BPL and you’ll see a million posts (here’s a good thread). You could layer it over your t-shirt and over or under your fleece or down jacket depending on the fit and conditions. And you will probably get more use out of it beyond the short overnights you mentioned. As someone here once said, you can’t really figure out what you would use it for, then you find yourself using it all the time.

Thanks for the response! No one got back to me so I was content to just let the thread die in the annals of BPL, haha.

I have since actually found a light windbreaker in my closet that I didn't even know was there. Belongs to my wife who somehow just inherited it from her parents. It's about 20 years old with some extra features like a thick cotton cinch cord for the hood and waist, and a zipper pocket that doubles as its stuff pouch. Despite that it weighed 6 ozs. After some modifying to get rid of those things and a little super glue to patch up the hole I'm left with a 4.2 oz windshirt that has been decently breathable on the couple of walks I've gone out on this past week.

Always nice to find some retro UL gear!