I found the fit to be pretty true to size. I recently invented this category: climber slim. I'm athletically built, but not thin/climber slim. For reference, I'm 5'6' and about 145lbs. I wore it both with, and without, a t-shirt underneath and was comfy both times. (Though for colder climates, I'd layer your favorite midweight over it while outside). I also found the material weight made it easy to pack, and didn't make me too hot. Just think about it for a minute - if you're active and on the go (or fishing), you want to be able to have a light weight shirt that is versatile. The material is wicked soft, but pretty thin. The long sleeve version retails for $69.95. It comes in a bunch of colors now (tan, army green, camo, light blue, white, gray, even a mint green). Compared to a lot of other travel shirts though, it's actually cheaper. This is a specialist shirt, and they deserve to charge a bit more for it. I also don't think it's expensive for the value and materials you get. The shirt's not exactly cheap, but I honestly don't think it should be. When used to make a purchase, we make a small commission which helps keep this site running, but this in no way affects the results of our reviews. This is not sponsored, the opinions are my own, and no one has seen this review before posting to the site. This is my review of the Poncho Outdoors long sleeve button down - as a travel/active shirt. Full disclosure here, I reached out to Poncho and they were kind enough to send me a shirt to review on my camping trip to the White Mountains. Honestly, I'm surprised there aren't more homegrown reviews out there of this shirt - it's pretty eye catching from a product and value proposition standpoint. A shirt that does dual duty, lets me get a couple wears out of it, allows me to be comfortable while on the move, but still stop into a bar or casual restaurant and not feel weird - is huge. Also, I often take trips where I'm out and about, or even hiking and camping. So, I'm always on the lookout for clothing (like merino, etc.) that I can wear and still look regular. When I travel, I don't always want to look like a hiker while I'm en-route. It's rich in these handy features - so I'll get into those for sure.īack to my use case. Beyond that, they've packed it with all the features you really need, and none of the features you don't. It also seems to be doing it the right way in their manufacturing, with Bluesign certified mills. It's got all the en vogue stuff you see nowadays: moisture wicking, odor resistant, quick dry, lightweight. With Poncho Outdoors, an entire team of fishermen struck out to develop the best shirt they could, that you could actually wear like a real shirt. If I could find a shirt with performance qualities, that fit like a real shirt? That's kind of like the holy grail for active travel. The very first thing that piqued my interest was just that - the supposed fit. I'd say the same for a lot of 'active' or 'performance travel' button down shirts. In the words of the founder, most fishing shirts tend to 'fit like a trash bag.' And well, he's not wrong. All the properties that make this a great fishing shirt, I thought might make it a great travel shirt as well. Crazy right? So what am I doing writing a travel gear review about a fishing shirt? Well, that's just it. And, I think they truly believe that it is.

It's quite simply billed as possibly the world's best fishing shirt. Today we're talking about the Poncho Outdoors Shirt. OK OK calm down, Always Wander, maybe not - but you should definitely stick around. If I'm starting off an article with a pun like that directly in the headlines, you KNOW this is gonna be good. Introduction To The Poncho Outdoors Shirt Review

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