WalkWithWallace wrote:They won't be quite as warm, but warm enough and still waterproof. I find Paramo too hot for most of the year, but my Velez smock comes out in late autumn through winter and I only wear a merino base layer under it.
This ^ I like Paramo gear and I have some fantastic items, but I find a lot of their gear to be too hot to wear. I run warm anyway, so even the quito feels like an insulated jacket to me. Its fine if you are on top of a mountain in spring or autumn as you might need the additional warmth there, but if you're starting your walk at sea level, or even in a valley and you've got a long sweaty climb, the warmth of the directional fabric just overwhelms me, and I cannot wear it so its useless for most conditions (and I stress that this is for me, not for others).
I also find that some of their fits of their clothing were a bit weird in the past, with the arms too long or too tight for the same size garments. But I've persevered and either found stuff that fits or had it altered to fit (I'm tall with long arms, but sometimes the arms are still two or three inches too long on me).
Anyway, that's my view of Paramo, I love the idea of it, but I find that its uses are limited to me.
