Wind layer help!!

Whatever you do, don't try the breathability test! You know, the one where you wrap the jacket around your head to see if you can breath through it. It is some kinda joke on the newbies. Almost killed myself at REI.
Cook.

Lol @ Peter.

The Montbell Tachyon is close. CFM near 10 and weight is below 2oz. DWR isn't the best however.

Ryan

Yea I was looking at the tachyon for jacket and pants and it seems like potentially the best option weight and cost wise. Sorry to hear the dwr isn't that good. I've heard the Houdini line has very good water repellency but I am afraid of the breathabity.

The tachyon jacket has mesh panels under the arms, its made for high output activity. The anorak doesnt.

Tachyon anorak in large is 2.6 oz, but it also has a hood you said you didn’t want (?).

If cost is a big factor, might have a read-thru of this thread on an off brand of under 3oz, under $15 wind jacket with full zip and stowable hood. I bought a blue one just to check it out and am waiting for delivery. I’ll try and post a weight somewhere when it comes, as well as photo with a size comparison to a Tachyon large, because is one of those “asian sized” things.

I have a Tachyon anorak and its one the best pieces of gear I own.

DWR is perfectly fine for me, as is breathability. I've used it in really crappy Japanese weather all winter, snow, torrential freezing gale-blown rain, etc. In the rain it wets through, but has the right combo of windproofness, DWR and breathability for me that I stay perfectly warm and comfortable underneath. That's the trick. Maintaining body temperature just how you want it.

Sheds snow and frozen stuff perfectly.