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I got my press sample of the Insolito in August and rode with it during a couple cool September nights. This was not the optimal -- nor intended -- time of year for the piece, but even so I could feel the Radiation fabric doing its thing. Like a space blanket, the liner reflected and retained body heat that would otherwise ostensibly be escaping into the Rolex Datejusts replica watches ether. (Castelli purports that 80 percent of the bodys heat is reflected back with the aluminum-based liner.)To keep the jacket breathable, Castelli () perforates the metalized film and laminates it to a woven substrate. The final product, in the test size large, is a crinkly wisp that weighs 3.9 ounces on my scale.

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