Nike Tech Pack Fleece Windrunner 2.0: Review

In Nike's latest installment in their special Nike Sportswear Tech Pack. In that pack, Nike released a Nike Tech Fleece Windrunner 2.0. Which has some little differences from the originally released Tech Fleece Windrunner.

In this installment, the Windrunner 2.0 is not very different from the original. In all honesty, it is basically identical. Their online store makes the image look as if it is different by making it seem to have a type of design/pattern of ripples on it. Which isn't on the Windrunner 2.0 at all. Marketing trick, I get it but still annoying.

The thing that is different is the duck tail. The tail is longer, not by much, but enough to notice. You can tell just a little bit in this picture below. In my opinion, to make this Windrunner 2.0 stick out more so than its predecessor, Nike should have added ninja thumbs for running. It gives a little more functionality and gives people more of reason to spend $100 to get the new one.

To see what I said about the original Fleece Windrunner Full-Zip, click here.

In the end, this new installment in the Windrunner for the Nike Tech Pack, this isn't a step forward but just a step sideways. It is still a top notch sweatshirt and amazing, just not really an improvement beyond the first one. I still recommend you to get it here.

Nike Tech Pack Fleece AW77 1.0 Full-Zip: Review

In this past year Nike released their special Nike Sportswear Tech Pack. In that pack, Nike released a Nike Tech Fleece AW77 1.0 Full-Zip.

The Nike Tech Fleece AW77 1.0 Full-Zip is a great sweatshirt. It has all the charms of the historic AW77 into the Tech Pack. The front pockets are the same as they always are, reliable. They have sties in the edges of the pockets to keep them I would assume anchored.

While AW77 Fleece tries to keep the sweatshirts as its predecessors has with a cuffed bottom. It puts the Tech Pack's spirit and personality into it with a cuffed bottom that is really just for show. The bottom does not cuff 100% and keep it close to your body as you would expect of a normal AW77 fleece, which I pan to review at a later date. But the bottom still does its job but for me, if the cuffed bottom isn't going to be tighter to the body. It could have at least been longer to help combat that.

For the sleeves the shoulder cut is like that of a normal AW77 Fleece and is perfectly fine and functional. As for the wrists, the Tech Pack AW 77 Fleece is the same as the Winderrunner. They have the uncuffed wrists and the stitching tends to stretch the fabric and create holes.

Beyond that, the Nike Tech AW77 Fleece 1.0 Full-Zip is a functional and reliable sweatshirt, just not the best Nike Sportswear or Nike has to offer.

Nike Tech Pack Fleece Windrunner Full-Zip: Review

In this past year Nike released their special Nike Sportswear Tech Pack. In that pack, Nike released a Nike Tech Fleece Windrunner Full-Zip.

One of Nike's first big clothing advances was their Windrunner, when Nike released the Tech Pack the Windrunner was not left out. The classic cut is still as useful and effect as it was in the beginning. The pockets have zippers that work excellent, the zippers do not move or come down when running with things in your pockets. And the duck tail on the back helps keep your back covered when running. The duck tail could be a bit longer but the little tail that it does have helps.

The hood is big and certainly the correct size for running. It gives your room but is not oversized to the point that it will hinder your sight in way. And the shoulders are cut in the classic Windrunner way giving you no restriction on swinging your arms when running.

But the biggest thing about the Tech Windrunner to me is the wrists, it doesn't really have cuffs. It's normal for running tops to have a small cuffs that don't restrict movement. A few things about the Tech Windrunner that have annoyed me are the cuffs stretch out when you pull them up, which like on the Tech Fleece Sweatpants stretch the stitching. This is annoying because sometimes the fabric around the wrist that covers the cuff comes off and creates a hole. Again I have friends that sew and can fix and stop holes.

Nike Tech Pack Fleece Sweatpants: Review

In this past year Nike released their special Nike Sportswear Tech Pack. In that pack, Nike released a pair of fleece sweatpants.

If you're looking for sweatpants to run in these are the ones. The sweats are built in the spirit Nike, with functionality at the top. The knee is cut specifically into one piece in its own. With the ankle cuffed right above the shoe. It tends to loosen up just like any other cuffed sweatpants but does nothing beyond just giving a little breathing room.

Along with the right side hip pocket having a water seal zipper that goes down to almost the knee. Inside the pocket it has two places the put things to have them stay secure. Unfortunately it is too high on the hip, so when you're running anything in your that place works itself out of the place. Then it tends to fall all the way to right above your knee in the pocket. The left hip pocket is just the same as any other pocket on any other sweatpants. It has a back back pocket also on the right side with a plain zipper, big enough for a normal-sized wallet that seems to sit almost a little bit too far out on the hip.

The sweatpants even have a crotch that is cut just how you'd want jogger pants to be cut. It gives your legs more room to move and stretch with it cut specifically for the purpose of running. The dropped crotch helps also for when you wear them for just wearing them.

The only problem that I have with the Nike Tech Pack Fleece sweatpants is the stitching. It feels as if sometimes the stitching is going to break, which once it did with me. Thankfully the stitching only opened a little hole and I have friends that know how to sew to fix and stop that from happening again. Beyond that the sweatpants have become one of my favorites.