>>1387099Preface: I would never buy Fjallraven for full price. If you can find stuff %40 off or more, it starts to become worth it, depending on the specific piece. I have quite a few different products, all on sale, not all useful for the outdoors.
For the Keb softshell:
My use: I rarely bring the Keb softshell jacket into true wilderness just because it's not super versatile. I work construction outside year round and primarily use it at work for light weather resistance. As it cools down, it's great as a wind layer that is fairly durable. Alone down to maybe 10c, with a light midlayer to maybe -10c. Below -10c I'll add my army surplus jacket on top, taking that on and off based on my activity level. It protects against intermittent snow, hail, rain, and wind well. Anything serious, sustained weather you'd want a hardshell.
Features: The stretch, breathability, and venting options are great for active use. Has a huge, very adjustable hood I can use over my hardhat/earmuffs/dustmask, or when the hood is off you can protect your neck/lower face nicely. I often find myself working with both core vents open, and the front zips open to the middle, just holding by my sternum. The 2 chest pockets are nice and big + stretchy, but don't bellow out very thick so they aren't very useful in general. I'll usually keep drawings/plans in there so I can refer to them quickly, my cellphone when I have a tool belt on, or outdoors, a map+compass.
Construction: Decently rugged. The reinforced areas are good for carrying large interlock pavers bracing it on your waist, lumber on shoulders, using tool belt with suspenders, or general abrasion in tight spots like forming foundation walls. Long back and sleeves are nice so they don't ride up, or for use with a toolbelt. In the outdoors, it protects decently when barrelling through brush+thorns, sitting on rocks, lugging around trees/wood, but the stretch areas sometimes snag on things. I wish the entire forearm was g-1000.
