Detachable Sleeves & Hood Windproof Workwear Jacket, Converts to Vest

Too warm for a jacket, too windy for a shirt.

You know the morning. Six degrees at the gate, a wind coming across the flat that goes straight through a work shirt, so you put the jacket on. By ten it is twenty degrees and you are carrying the thing instead of wearing it. It goes in the ute, and at three o'clock when the wind comes back the jacket is four paddocks away.

This one takes the sleeves off instead. A full zip runs right around each armhole, and a second zip plus a hook-and-loop tab holds the hood on at the collar. So it goes from hooded jacket to plain jacket to hooded vest to plain vest, and the bits you took off fit in a cargo pocket or the crib bag rather than getting left behind.

The shell is a dense woven synthetic — the sort of tight weave that cuts a wind far better than a knit jumper or a fleece top does, because there is simply nothing for the air to blow through. That much you can see in the photographs. It is polyester — our supplier says so, and so do four other sellers of the same jacket. What nobody publishes is a percentage, a fabric weight, a wind figure or a water rating, so everything below sticks to what the pictures actually show and says so plainly where it does not know.

What It Does

• Turns into a vest: a full-circumference zip at each armhole takes both sleeves off, so the same garment covers a cold start and a warm afternoon.
• Loses the hood too: the hood comes off separately on its own collar zip and hook-and-loop tab, so you can run sleeves without a hood or a hood without sleeves.
• Blocks the wind: a tight woven shell stops the draught that goes through an open-knit jumper. This is the honest benefit, and it is the reason to own one.
• Carries the small gear: four external bellows pockets with flaps, two zipped slots behind the chest flaps, and one zipped pocket inside.
• Fits over a layer: cut loose enough to go over a jumper, with hook-and-loop tabs at the cuffs to close the gap at your wrists.
• Goes up to 5XL: seven sizes from M to 5XL, with a full measurement chart published in the Specs tab.

Key Features

• Zip-off sleeves: a coil zip runs the full circle of each armhole on both sides of the jacket.
• Zip-off hood: collar zip plus a hook-and-loop tab, with a drawcord and toggles around the face opening.
• Two chest pockets: flap-covered bellows pockets, each with a separate horizontal zipped slot tucked in behind the flap.
• Two lower pockets: large flap-covered bellows cargo pockets, deep enough for gloves or a beanie.
• One inside pocket: a zipped internal pocket on the chest for a phone or a wallet.
• Storm flap: the main zip sits behind a flap held shut with hook-and-loop tabs.
• Heavy main zip: chunky coil teeth with an antique-brass finish slider.
• Chest D-ring: a metal D-ring above the right chest pocket for keys, a torch or a glove clip.
• Adjustable cuffs: hook-and-loop tabs on both cuffs.
• Mesh lining: every interior photograph in this gallery shows a perforated mesh lining through the body, sleeves and hood.
• Three colourways: black, army green and khaki, all three photographed above.

Limits

This is the part most listings leave out, so here it is first.

• Not waterproof: the supplier publishes no hydrostatic head, and there are no taped seams visible anywhere in the photographs. A dense shell like this sheds a light shower and then wets through. Do not buy it as wet-weather gear.
• Windproof is untested: the word is in the product title and in the supplier's own attribute list, but no wind figure is published and no membrane layer appears in any cutaway. The tight weave genuinely cuts wind — we are just not going to dress that up as a tested rating.
• The lining does not match the title: the title says fleece lined. Across all twenty-four supplier photographs, every shot of the inside shows a perforated mesh, not fleece pile — and so does every other listing of this same jacket we could find, one of which labels the lining "breathable mesh" in the manufacturer's own fabric artwork. We cannot reconcile that with the title and we have not had one in our hands. Treat it as a wind shell you layer under, not as a winter coat.
• No temperature range: nothing is published, and any number you see quoted for a jacket like this on other sites was made up. Layer for the conditions.
• No composition percentage: the shell is polyester, and four other sellers of the same jacket say the same thing. What nobody publishes is a percentage or a fabric weight in grams per square metre, so we cannot tell you how heavy the cloth actually is.
• No hem drawcord: the hem is a plain stitched band. There is nothing to pull in at the waist, so wind can come up underneath if you leave it open.
• Not protective gear: no flame resistance, no cut resistance, no hi-vis. Nothing on this jacket is tested or marked to AS/NZS 1906.4, AS/NZS 4602.1 or any other standard, and no certificate was sighted. If your site requires certified hi-vis outerwear, this is not it.
• Smallest size is M: there is no S. The smallest bust in the chart is 1120 mm, which is a generous fit on a smaller frame.

Q & A

Will it keep me dry in the rain?

No, and we would rather say it here than field the email later. There is no hydrostatic head published and no taped seams in any of the photographs. A tight woven shell will shed a passing shower while you walk to the ute; sustained rain will come through the seams. Wear a proper rain shell over the top if the day looks like that.

Is it actually windproof?

It cuts wind well, for the ordinary reason that the weave is tight and there are no gaps in it. What we cannot give you is a number, because the supplier does not publish one and there is no membrane shown in any of the artwork. So: better than a jumper, better than a knit fleece, not a rated windproof shell.

How warm is it on its own?

Not very. Every interior shot shows mesh, not pile, and there is no insulation weight published. Think of it as the layer that stops the wind while a jumper underneath does the warming. That combination beats a thick coat on a day that starts at six degrees and finishes at twenty-two.

Can I take the sleeves off but keep the hood on?

Yes. The sleeves and the hood are on separate zips, so all four combinations work: hooded jacket, plain jacket, hooded vest, plain vest.

Which size do I order?

Use the chart in the Specs tab. The supplier heads it "Manufacturer Size" and does not say whether the figures are your body or the finished garment — but a 1120 mm bust on the smallest size reads as the garment's own measurement, not a chest size. The reliable check is to lay out a jacket that already fits you, measure it flat across the chest, double that figure and compare.

What is it made of?

Polyester. Our supplier and four other sellers of the same jacket all say polyester for the shell, and the manufacturer's own fabric artwork calls the lining a breathable mesh. What nobody publishes is a percentage or a fabric weight, so it is polyester shell over polyester mesh and nothing more precise than that.

How long does delivery take?

Free delivery to Australia and New Zealand. Allow 10–14 days from the day you place the order, and up to three weeks to regional and remote addresses.

Specs

Size Chart

Taken from the supplier's own chart, which is headed "Manufacturer Size" and printed in centimetres. Centimetres are kept because that is what your tape measure reads; millimetres are given beside them.