Craghoppers NosiLife Adventure Shirt - Recommended design modifications
A great travel shirt but there is room for improvement. Here are my recommended design modifications for the Craghoppers NOSILIFE Adventure Shirt.
To make the Craghoppers NosiLife Adventure Shirt the 'ultimate' backpacking shirt, here are my recommended modifications:
The chest size/shirt length/arm length ratio is a bit off. I am 5' 8 ¾ slim build. I use the S - EU 48. The chest size is perfect but the arms need to be lengthened ¾" or so, as does the length. This would make all the difference.
Below, Nomadic Backpacker using the Craghoppers NosiLife Adventure Shirt in Mali, 2020:
The chest size/shirt length/arm length ratio is a bit off. I am 5' 8 ¾ slim build. I use the S - EU 48. The chest size is perfect but the arms need to be lengthened ¾" or so, as does the length. This would make all the difference.
Below, Nomadic Backpacker using the Craghoppers NosiLife Adventure Shirt in Mali, 2020:
I love the chest pockets. Well, I love the idea of the pockets.
The left chest pocket has a little hidden zipped pocket within the main pocket. Great feature but this needs to be wider. The zipped entry is too narrow to get your fingers in to retrieve anything at the bottom (zip opened half-way in the photo below):
The left chest pocket has a little hidden zipped pocket within the main pocket. Great feature but this needs to be wider. The zipped entry is too narrow to get your fingers in to retrieve anything at the bottom (zip opened half-way in the photo below):
The chest pockets need to able to close with a standard size passport for use in airports. Just ¼" deeper would be grand:
The hidden chest pocket doesn't need to be so big. It's a security pocket. You 'hide' items so they can be carried discreetly. You could almost fit in an OS map. Hardly discreet. You can see the zip on the left pocket (right side on photo).
For an 'adventure shirt', the right chest pocket needs to be a copy of the left chest pocket with the hidden zipped pocket.
The sleeve pocket is so small, so much so to be superfluous. I am intrigued by what the designers thought you would even use it for. A folded 100$ bill maybe?
The sleeve pocket is so small, so much so to be superfluous. I am intrigued by what the designers thought you would even use it for. A folded 100$ bill maybe?
NOSILIFE is Craghoppers own design concept. The shirt is impregnated with anti-biting insect repellant said to last the lifetime of the shirt. This is one hell of a claim.
I need to start wearing this shirt more, instead of my own branded T-shirt, regularly. Put it through its paces for ultimate durability. And in 28 years of travel across 99 countries, I have concluded that nothing lasts forever and a 'lifetime guarantee' really means a year of recreational use.
Craghoppers contact me if you need your products road-tested.
I need to start wearing this shirt more, instead of my own branded T-shirt, regularly. Put it through its paces for ultimate durability. And in 28 years of travel across 99 countries, I have concluded that nothing lasts forever and a 'lifetime guarantee' really means a year of recreational use.
Craghoppers contact me if you need your products road-tested.
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