{"id":85,"date":"2018-03-14T02:53:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T02:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/14\/review-mountain-hardwear-monkey-man-ii-grid-hoodie\/"},"modified":"2018-03-14T02:53:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T02:53:00","slug":"review-mountain-hardwear-monkey-man-ii-grid-hoodie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/14\/review-mountain-hardwear-monkey-man-ii-grid-hoodie\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Mountain Hardwear Monkey Man II Grid Hoodie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">For high energy adventures in the winter I love fleece layers. They just breath better than anything else and can stand up to tons of use. This winter I picked up a Mountain Hardwear Monkey Man II Grid Hoodie. And I have been wearing it so much I bought a second! That should tell you about how much I like this piece.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-XKkbN35e_XQ\/WqYJtZU_amI\/AAAAAAAAbX0\/_sgfb-qxXUgVfGT9tcwL-8TZ01mvqhsZACLcBGAs\/s1600\/P3080197.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-XKkbN35e_XQ\/WqYJtZU_amI\/AAAAAAAAbX0\/_sgfb-qxXUgVfGT9tcwL-8TZ01mvqhsZACLcBGAs\/s640\/P3080197.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Monkey Man II has stretch panels on the side and hood, the collar goes up really high and it has a roomy hood. I have used it as both an outer layer and under a coat on crazy cold days.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-AuHU1HfenEE\/WqYKxcIh6gI\/AAAAAAAAbYA\/Ve5zmp3BoXAlM2TuB9kWbGPDKQAG425jgCLcBGAs\/s1600\/P2030804.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-AuHU1HfenEE\/WqYKxcIh6gI\/AAAAAAAAbYA\/Ve5zmp3BoXAlM2TuB9kWbGPDKQAG425jgCLcBGAs\/s640\/P2030804.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The grid material is Polartec High Loft, and I have to say it is the warmest and softest fleece I have owned. This has been my go to for fat biking, running and mountaineering this winter.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-scvhpCBT2hg\/WqYLFWUk5uI\/AAAAAAAAbYU\/CuZILbfzfz4vdKEY8T296b4U7vZQgm1lwCEwYBhgL\/s1600\/P3110295.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-scvhpCBT2hg\/WqYLFWUk5uI\/AAAAAAAAbYU\/CuZILbfzfz4vdKEY8T296b4U7vZQgm1lwCEwYBhgL\/s640\/P3110295.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-J30Golul_tk\/WqYK3jan-eI\/AAAAAAAAbYQ\/ROW0Eut-SSgHfga9BoGIPLK-JyRgELkzwCEwYBhgL\/s1600\/P1280138.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1200\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-J30Golul_tk\/WqYK3jan-eI\/AAAAAAAAbYQ\/ROW0Eut-SSgHfga9BoGIPLK-JyRgELkzwCEwYBhgL\/s640\/P1280138.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So if you need a mid layer or outer layer for high activity (read: sweaty) pick this up.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mountain Hardwear says:&nbsp;https:\/\/www.mountainhardwear.com\/mens-monkey-man-grid-ii-hooded-jacket-1616531.html<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #3d4243; font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">Warm, soft, and comfortable&#8211;fleece just doesn\u2019t get any better than this. The Monkey Man\u2122 Grid II Hooded Jacket boasts Polartec\u00ae High Loft\u2122 fleece throughout the body and a flat face stretch fleece on the side panels and hood. This 100% polyester fabric offers outstanding warmth, comfort, and breathability, but does it without adding bulk. Extremely adaptable, the jacket makes a great, insulating mid-layer.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #3d4243; font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #3d4243; font-family: &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For high energy adventures in the winter I love fleece layers. They just breath better than anything else and can stand up to tons&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redrocksreview.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}