Core Lightweight Hoodie Reviews

Hoody new favorite

I wasn't sure how much I would like the hoody, but it is now my new favorite. Fit runs true to size.

Really good made product Good

Really good made product Good fit

Best thing ever

Best thing ever

This item is an awesome

This item is an awesome base layer for for late October and can also be worn perfectly as in outer layer early season. I love it !!

Another great product

This is my third core hoodie from Sitka. I now own two lightweight, first one camo now Brown. Also have the heavyweight in camo. I wear this as a liner and also as a standalone shirt, love it.

Love this hoody I wear

Love this hoody I wear it all year long

Awesome

Love the hoody. Excellent base layer. Very comfortable and will buy more colors.

Great early season top!

Great early season top!

Great quality clothing just pricey

Great quality clothing just pricey

Great light weight hoody

Very nice light weight hoody built in face mask works great

Great layering piece!

Comfortable, lightweight, breathable. Great layering piece. Love the built in face mask. Hood is form fitting but not to tight.

Love it

Fits really well very warm.

Core Lightweight Hoody

Works really well with my setup. The functionality of this piece is what makes it. You can can’t go wrong with this piece.

Great Hoody

Bought this for my nephew. Good price and great quality. Will be warm on the pond for duck hunting.

Great quality like all Sitka

Great quality like all Sitka stuff. Sleeves are a little awkward.

love this lightweight hoodie. Perfect

love this lightweight hoodie. Perfect by itself in warmer weather or to layer when it gets colder.

Perfect in every way. I

Perfect in every way. I take it out in the marsh every time I go. Love the built in mask.

Very impressed

When I first opened the package I saw a flimsy shirt, that weighed almost nothing and I couldn’t believe I paid what I did for it. After testing it out on an upland hunt I realized I couldn’t be more wrong. I busted some serious brush with this shirt, dead junipers and manzanitas in California are sharp and thick. The material didn’t even fray, I had to crawl into some bushes to retrieve quail (didn’t have a dog), and not a thread came loose on it. As I sweat the moisture broke right through and cooled me off, no more than 10 minutes standing still and I was bone dry. At the end of the day it cooled off pretty well so I threw on the ambient 100 jacket over it, BOOM instant warmth and my sweat wicked through both layers and I was dry in 10 minutes. I have to say Sitka gear looks cheeses out of the box because of how lightweight everything is, but looks can be deceiving these clothes are tougher than they look! Will be recommending to my buddies. Thanks.

Lightweight Hoodie

I have worn the lightweight hoody all bow season as a top layer for early October, and now wearing it as a base layer for late October and early November. It gives that total upper body concealment and is very breathable. It's also lovely to wear it out and about, showing that diversity. Overall, I'm super happy with it so far. It's the first season!

Great product! Worth every penny

Great product! Worth every penny

Hoodie

Been very comfortable and used many of times

Core LW Hoody

This is a go to always critical piece of gear for me always !! Love it.

Comfortable but somewhat fragile

Super comfortable and extremely light. Great to wear in warm temps as a standalone, BUT do not let it rub onto branches or anything even resembling a sticker because it rips it to shreds, or should I say threads.

Hoody

Nice piece of clothing, wouldn't say it is the warmest, but very comfortable.

Great product works amazing.

Great product works amazing.

Many pulls first time wearing it

Fit good and looks great but first day I wore it while boating it had 4 pulls. I could understand if I was in the woods but not while boating.

Very light weight

I like the light weight (with a hood) for cool mornings when I'm walking to my stand in the morning. It's just enough to keep the cold at bay without bulk while sneaking to my stand in the dark. Just what I was looking for. Top quality too.

Great piece, could be better

This fits extremely well and it dries extremely fast. I don’t think the Polygiene works at all. I use it for one day and it already stinks. I know synthetics typically smell more than merino, but still. Overall I like it a lot, and will continue to use it

Skeptical but love it

Was skeptical when I first got this in the mail. Somewhat of a jersey material and super lightweight, I wasn't sure it was worth the high price. Five days of continuous wear in the elk woods later and this is one of my new favorite clothing pieces. Incredibly comfortable, no chafing under the hip belt with a loaded or unloaded backpack, no stink (seriously, after 5 days), and incredible heat/moisture management. I'm not a brand loyalist by any means, but I do find more and more Sitka gear ending up in my closet because all of their stuff is so dang well made and well thought out. Fit is athletic, but comfortable for my 6'1", 185lbs body.

Lightweight, But Tears Easily

This is a very lightweight hoodie and has some nice features like the thumb loops and face mask. However, it tears VERY easily and catches on everything. Brush up against an aspen tree? New hole. Sit on the dirt to glass? New hole. Bump into some weeds? Hole. Definitely not worth the price until it gets a bit more durable.

Good! Very light and breathable.

Good! Very light and breathable. I love the hood and face cover. The one downside is durability. You can definitely bust brush in this shirt, but after just a few days of use with moderate brush busting, the seams on the outside of my arms are starting to fray. I think relocating the seam to the inside of the arm near the cuff would help with this issue.

Lightweight and very durable. Good

Lightweight and very durable. Good for multiple use and being put to work.

Super light and breathable. Fits

Super light and breathable. Fits snug (I’m 6’4, 190lbs) a large tall is probably a half size too small for someone this size but an XLT would fit just find

Love the light weight feel

Love the light weight feel of this product. Love the hood that covers a hat as well.

I think I have every

I think I have every color. It’s my go first layer for any bowhunt except tree stand whitetail hunts. Moves with you, very breathable, drys super fast and doenst stink. At least one comes with on every hunt

Great base layer to wick

Great base layer to wick away sweat or on its own if your hunting hot weather. The hood and face mask are very convenient, especially for bow hunters. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is that I'm more of a wool guy when it comes to base layers. Although this shirt has antimicrobial elements, its just not as comfy as natural fiber to me and will start to smell quicker than natural fiber. However, if you were to get wet, this system dries fast and if you're totally soaked, you can get in your sleeping system and cook dry all your clothes as apposed to natural fiber material. Overall, I'd still buy it again. Look, I'm as cheap as they come. I've tried almost every brand of hunting clothing out there and if I haven't tried it, I promise I've spent countless hours researching it. I'm the kind of person that will spend 4 hours researching a $20 product and comparing it before a purchase. I can say with absolute certainty that Sitka is the BEST clothing line on the market. Not just hunting clothes, but best overall. Their clothes are cozy, durable, and designed to keep you extremely comfortable with minimal layers and bulk. You can buy other brands and replace them every few years, or buy Sitka and your set for decades if not life. Buy once cry once! Bottom line is this isn't clothing, its equipment. More than that, it's equipment that could quite literally save your life in the back country. Once you realize that, the price is absolutely justifiable. I trust this company so much that I will buy their stock if they go public and I'd quit my job to work for them if they have an opening. That is how much I believe in Sitka.

Great base layer. I like

Great base layer. I like everything about it. I am 5’8” 175#, athletic build, and the large fits well with a little bit of room to spare. I am definitely getting this Lightweight hoody in various solid colors next.

Great product, This is my

Great product, This is my second one. I bought one size larger as I use it for early season scouting and in season over a thin base layer for moisture management. Once it cools offs I throw my Jetstream vest on. Love the hood when your just sitting glassing to keep the sun off. Or just out hiking around quite versatile.

This is a great base/next

This is a great base/next to skin layer. The moisture wicking qualities make it awesome for early season and hard hikes. When it starts to cool off, I pair this piece with the Kelvin vest. Highly recommend to all for hunting and general every day use.

Excellent piece for early season

Excellent piece for early season or layering. Love taking this on week long September hunts in the Wyoming back country. Does run a little small

I do like this hoody

I do like this hoody but I had a few things I wasn't crazy about, and when you spend good money, you want quality. I like how light weight and quiet it is. I use the face mask all the time and trust me, the subalpine camo pattern works well. So some of the things that I'm not crazy about: washing it and thread quality. I washed this for the first time and some of the color faded a little as well as I got some of these little fuzzies on it (hard to explain without pictures). Also, not sure when it started, but the threading around the wrist cuff started unraveling. I purchased the apex pants as well and left a 4-star review. Only issue I had was that they got a snag hole fairly easily in brush. With that being said, it's not cheap to purchase these outfits. Kind of bummed with the issues I've encountered on this set I bought.

By far the best baselayer

By far the best baselayer I've tried, Keeps me comfortable in everything here in South Carolina. We have a ridiculous climate and a versatile piece like the core lightweight was a great purchase for me ad probably will be for you. Would warn you that the zipper takes time to get used to it will be irritating at first but it goes away

Great hoodie. Can wear it

Great hoodie. Can wear it as your outer layer on hot days or layer on top of it for cold days.

Have used it on a

Have used it on a couple of hunts so far big game changer as a base layer absolutely love it

My new base layer for

My new base layer for cooler to cold temps. The sizing chart was accurate for the body measurements selected, (L; 6’-0” tall). A functional product with well thought out features. As a comment, a slightly longer torso section would help keep the shirt tucked into the pants during over-stretched hunting situations. Otherwise this was not an issue for normal hunting movements

This piece of gear is

This piece of gear is perfect for turkey hunting or early season deer hunting in the south. Pulls moisture from your skin and drys quickly to help keep you dry and warm.

Super comfortable and works great.

Super comfortable and works great. Highly recommend!

Love the LW hoodies, love

Love the LW hoodies, love them so much I bought another one. Understand with performance gear like Sitka you need to build a system. You are not going to hunt this hoodie from 90 degrees down to 20 degrees by itself, you need to add layers to it. I typically hunt this by itself from 90-65. After about 65 I add on my fanatic hoody and so on. I will say the LW hoodies wick moisture amazingly well, from hiking up and down CO mountains at 70 degrees with a 45 pound pack to 10 degrees and up in a tree, the LW hoodie is always on next to skin. The hood and face mask are the best part, no face paint needed and as it gets colder you would be surprised at how much warmer it keeps your face! XXL for all my Sitka tops and jackets. I’m 6’1” 240 for reference.

I was skeptical after unboxing,

I was skeptical after unboxing, but this instantly became my favorite every-hunt item. I have literally worn it every hunt this 2022 waterfowl season. Know before ordering that this is not a thick piece of clothing. It is very thin. It is absouletly perfect for early season. I wear this over a t-shirt and inside my waders. As it gets cooler, I will throw it under another warmer coat or sweathirt. The hood and face cover concept are the best part of this piece. The hood and the face cover both fit like they are made custom to my head and face. The hood can be worn over or under a hat. I'm 6'00'/190 pounds. Size L fits perfectly all the way around. This is a must own piece for waterfowlers.

Comfortable, nice, and good under

Comfortable, nice, and good under a base layer.