i recently got the cocoon pro 90 balaclava. i was really excited about it, because it'll round off my winter clothing/sleep system really nicely.
i'm very impressed w/ it. my biggest concern though was that there was no way to vent. it was either on or off. i knew w/ the slightest activity while wearing it, i would over heat.
so i added a zipper.
as it came in the mail it weighed 1.9ozs on the digital postal scale. after removing most of the middle seam in front, & adding a zipper, it increased to 2.0 on that scale.
the zipper was a 9" zipper that happened to already be here. i removed part of it so it ended up being about 7" long.
i'm greatly satisfied w/ the modification.
now it's perfect to suit my needs. …tim
http://picasaweb.google.com/slowhike/CocoonBalaclavaModification
sorry the link to the picasa album didn't show up as clickable. can someone tell me how to do that? if not i'll upload a few pictures to this thread.
here's the finished product
