The MTN Surf are finest suited to somebody who:

• Likes the concept of bibs over pants
• Wants nice waterproofing
• Needs one thing that is heat however not too heat, that they’ll put on on hotter days and not using a jacket, however may also layer beneath for colder days
• Likes a extra relaxed match with full freedom of motion

WATERPROOFING

Waterproofing ranking: 20,000mm

Seam Taping: Absolutely Taped

Zipper Waterproofing: Coated zips

I’ve had these in some actually moist circumstances. Have had loads of wet days this season (sadly – although it does make for good outerwear testing. Gotta attempt to see the silver lining!) and these have held up very well – retaining me dry beneath. 

Retaining the Snow Out

Being bibs, they’ve a pure benefit. The peak the place snow has to get in is, in fact, a lot larger than with pants and on most days you will have a jacket, or one thing over high, so little or no likelihood of snow getting down them from the highest. 

Gaiters

From the underside there’s additionally little or no likelihood of snow getting in. They’ve gaiters that even have hooks and loops on them, so you’ll be able to tie them down. I’ve by no means used them as I discover the gaiters are tight sufficient (and stretchy in fact) that they maintain in place properly as is. 

Jacket to Pants Connections

You can hook as much as a loop on the again and there are belt loops you might hook to as properly. However it’s actually not wanted with them being bib pants. I have not hooked them in and I’ve by no means had snow down them. 

BREATHABILITY

Cloth Breathability: 20,000g

Total good and breathable, with the one bug bear being that it is lacking mesh on the zipper vents. 

Venting

Good quantity of zippered venting that runs down the skin of the thighs.  Down one facet (proper) you’ll be able to unzip proper from knee peak to the highest and down the opposite facet (left) it opens from across the knee to simply underneath the waist.

So loads of house to divulge heart’s contents to preserve you cooler on these heat days, however the one subject is that they don’t seem to be meshed lined. So on a warmer day (while you’d wish to be opening the vents however in all probability do not wish to be sporting lengthy thermal underwear), you may be displaying a whole lot of leg. And ain’t nobody wish to see my bushy legs!

Liner

It does have a liner and this provides some good heat to it when wanted, however does forestall some breathability, however total good and breathable, I discovered, so I believe the heat benefit outweighs the way it impacts breathability. 

WARMTH

With the liner they provide an honest quantity of heat, however for colder days you will wish to layer beneath with a base layer. As a result of they’re bibs you get that further materials round your torso too – which might add to heat. 

Additionally being bibs, they offer you that possibility of sporting them and not using a jacket on hotter days. 

FIT

I liked the match of those pants. They provided nice mobility/freedom of motion and for me that is the primary factor I search for in my outerwear. The principle query I ask is “does it limit my using in any approach?”. And I used to be capable of give that query a transparent, definitive reply on this case. 

The looser match and stretch material actually helped with that mobility. 

Waist Cincher

It has a waist cincher, and one of the best half is that, when it is under no circumstances cinched, it is actually free across the waist. So if you’d like them to sit down fully off the waist and be completely held up by way of the shoulder straps you’ll be able to.

However if you’d like the waist cinched, both to hold some weight in your waist or simply for the aesthetics of it, then you’ll be able to. 

Some bib pants I’ve tried have inbuilt cinch that forces you to have some stress in your waist whether or not you need it or not. 

COMFORT

The Mtn Surf bibs are probably the most comfy pants/bibs I’ve worn. Largely all the way down to their relaxed match and the actual fact I hardly even discover them on. They felt virtually weightless to me. 

I discovered the material feels good and light-weight and ethereal too. 

Weight: 

Whereas they’re nonetheless heavier than most snowboard pants (there are some I’ve weighed that are not this gentle although), they’re gentle for bibs. And since that weight is concentrated on the shoulders and never the waist, you do not really feel the load in the identical weight. For some they might not need that further weight on their shoulders (although to be trustworthy I did not discover something shoulder-wise) however for me they felt actually gentle, like they virtually weren’t there, which made them very comfy for me. 

I do not like something too tight across the waist and with some bibs I’ve tried, they nonetheless have stress on the waist. Whereas the Mtn Surf bibs do have a waist cincher, so to pull that waist space in tighter, you can even depart it free and have it not contact your waist in any respect basically. So you might distribute a few of that weight to your waist – or possibly you favor it merely for aesthetics – by tightening that waist cincher to some extent that the waist holds a number of the weight. However you do not have to, and it is nice to have that possibility. 

It is even received belt buckles, so if the waist cincher does not deliver it in tight sufficient to your liking, you might add a belt to it. 

Different consolation elements

Plenty of bibs have a zipper that opens from the highest all the way down to the crotch. This may make them simpler to get on, however when it’s essential to empty your bladder, they could be a actual ache. 

The Mtn Surf bibs zipper is positioned similar to a zipper as they’d be on pants. The large benefit of this – for these of us who pee standing up – is that you may simply entry the zipper with out having to succeed in underneath your jacket to get to it. 

And it isn’t prefer it makes them tremendous troublesome to get no or something. Much more bibs are doing it this manner now and it is definitely a desire for me. 

PREDICTED DURABILITY

The one draw back of that materials feeling gentle and ethereal is that it additionally feels prefer it’s not tremendous sturdy. That stated, it does have reinforcement in all the standard areas which can be almost certainly to wear down first. Simply undecided how properly it could maintain as much as a tree department exterior of these bolstered areas. 

POCKETS

Whole Pockets: 4

Hand hotter pockets: 0

Again Pockets: 0   

Cargo Pockets: 2 (zip opening 6.5″ (17cm) | dimensions roughly 7″ (18cm) x 7″ (18cm). 

Chest pockets: 2

The primary chest pocket is at entrance of bibs (zip opening 7″ (18cm) | dimensions roughly 9.5″ (24cm) x 7″ (18cm).

The second chest pocket is on the facet of the primary one. (zip opening 5″ (12cm) | dimensions roughly 6″ (15cm) x 3″ (8cm).

Quantity of pocket house

Most days I have been proud of the pockets. As supplementary pockets to my jacket pockets, they’re greater than ample. The one grievance I’ve is that every thing is a decent match when it is a heat day and I wish to simply put on the bibs. 

However not everybody will carry as a lot as I do. I all the time carry an emergency screw driver (very compact one), selfie stick, cellphone, small pockets, energy financial institution and cable for re-charging go professional and cellphone when wanted, ski-key and automotive keys. Issues had been a bit crammed! However simply received away with it. 

The facet chest pocket is a good place to your RFID move, however the one factor was that with all of the stuff within the entrance chest pocket, which overlaps with the facet pocket, it was getting in the best way of it generally, which was somewhat annoying at occasions. 

Performance of pockets

There are key loops in not 1, however 3 of the 4 pockets, which is nice.

3 of the pockets even have separate mesh compartments. 

I fell in love with these bibs the second I put them on. They felt lighter than another bib I’ve worn and lighter than any pants – I barely seen them on. I do not like something too tight round my waist and these pants enable for a free waist – or tighter if you wish to – and total simply felt tremendous comfy. 

Extra importantly (IMO) in addition they have nice waterproofing and actually good breathability and performance. 

They’ve been my go-to bibs since I first tried them on.