Hot weather jacket?

[greyrocket]

Anyone have the Alpinestars SMX air-flo jacket?  Opinions??  Thanks

i think that is this one. its very nice feels so good

 

[MeatGrinder]

I have this coming next week:
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[DragonLeg]

Anyone have the Alpinestars SMX air-flo jacket? Opinions?? Thanks

 

[DAB]

I've been experimenting with this lately and here is what I've found.  The mesh jackets are okay until it gets real hot, like 95+ then they don't seem to do very much to keep cool.  Took a Kilamanjaro and opened all the vents so the jacket could catch all the air and let it run out through the back vent......too darn hot.  Put on the perfed leather leaving the sleeves loose and guess what?  I feel cooler at the higher temps due to a little sweat being able to catch the air in the leather jacket.  It really surprised me to find myself actually cooler when moving with the leather vs the mesh, but I guess the mesh doesn't allow the sweat to build up enough to get the cooling effect.   Just a thought, but it has convinced me, plus I get the better protection.

I've reached the same conclusion. I've tried fabric instead of leather and it doesn't keep me any cooler, plus it's not as comfortable to wear (too "crinkly")

I think I'm going to try some Underarmour with the leather though. Some members on this board say it's the biz. I'm also looking at the vests that hold the coolpacks for the really toasty days (105 in Dever yesterday.)