Burton Hook Soft Shell Snowboard Jacket Review

Burton Hook Softshell Snowboard Jacket Black

$220
Good on the mountain and off. The Burton Hook is a great jacket that provides medium warmth, looks like a shell, acts like a fleece and provides all the features you expect from a minimalist shell jacket. For a warm person like the editor it's perfect for cold days on the mountain. That being said it's probably not a good one jacket solution. It seems to be only one layer but after numerous days in snow and especially rain fo it has done a pretty good job repelling water. It can reach a point where the water doesn't bead up on the jacket any more and starts to soak in a bit but it never gets through to you. All in all this shell/fleece jacket is great for an extra layer or to be worn as an individual jacket. This jacket has lasted years now and for most would be a great jacket for off the mountain or spring park days. All in all this has been a great jacket and has done a good job. Check out the detailed review below.

How It Wears
Warmth:	Good	Park Functionality:	Good	Waterproofing:	Good
Durability:	Good	Mountain Functionality:	Average	Breathability:	Average
Overall Value:	Good	Backcountry Functionality:	Average	Comfort:	Excellent

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The Good Ride Take

We here at the Goodride like all the tech that you can throw into clothing. Unfortunately the snowboard industry has been somewhat slow to pick up on the Ski and Alpine technology that have been in their clothes for awhile. That is all changing quickly though.

We got the Burton Softshell Hoodie this season and it is rad. We have been waiting for the technical softshells and Burton has one of the best ones out there. This jacket is a softshell with a nice fleece lining and has a 10k waterproofing, not to forget it is also stretch. Some of the other great features of this jacket is it has pit-zips and also had tons of well places pockets. It has Kangaroo pocket that are open so it looks like a real Hoodie, but also has a three outside zipped pockets to keep you MP3 player dry and all you safety gear close at hand.

We have ridden this jacket in a verity of conditions and temp and it works great in all of them. We all get these powder days when it is cold but you are working so hard in all that fresh you need your jacket to dump that heat and vapor so you don’t get wet inside. This jacket does that, it is warm but breaths so well and dries so quickly that this is every bit a technical softshell as you might find with Arcteryx and MT Hardware. Thou, this jacket might have enough water resistance for the spring it is a little warm for those warmer days. For 80 percent of the season this would be a great jacket and out performs your expectations of what a jacket should be. Also we must give it to Burton, this jacket is so cool and comfortable we are wearing it around town almost as much as we ride with it. So check this Softshell jacket out and you will be one happy camper!!

The Good Ride Take on Burton

Burton is huge. They have developed or acquired most of the technology that we use today. Burton is one of the only companies that can provide you with everything you need to snowboard from boards to beanies. Burton even owns arguably the best surfboard company Channel Islands because Jake likes to surf. They are like the Yankees of snowboarding because they can always outspend their competition to win.

The positives- Burton provides more products for each gear/clothing/accessory category than any other company. Burton has possibly the best customer service in the snowboarding industry. Burton continuously spends more money than almost any company to develop new tech or just make what they have better. Burton sponsors more pro’s and get’s more high level user feed back than any other company. They have some of the best boots, bindings and boards in the industry. They also have great clothing.
The Negatives- Because Burton spends so much money on sponsorship and tech they have to pass this cost along to the products they sell. They relentlessly continue to jack up the prices every year. You are almost always going to get a good product from Burton’s higher end line but some mid to low level products don’t stack up to the competition in the same price range. Burton always tries to make proprietary tech like the channel tech and 3 hole binding tech so you can only ride Burton Gear which sucks! We wish they wouldn’t act like the Microsoft of snowboarding.

The bottom line is Burton is the 800lb patriarch of our industry that makes good stuff and backs it up with good customer service. The snowboarding world owes soo much to them but at the same time they can be very frustrating when it comes to price and proprietary technology.