I might ask for a technical softshell jacket/hoodie for Christmas, what are some good ones. I like the Oakley Apex but they are impossible to find but something like that would be nice.
although good, i think arcteryx is genereally REALLY expensive. Mountain hardwear is just as good if not better than arcteryx and by no means is cheap, but its a bit cheaper than arcteryx. Also, check out marmot, north face (tends to be a bit overpriced), sierra designs, andd there are some others too. But personally, i would go with mountain hardwear
i picked up a sweet DC one last season but it had a busted zipper and they ended up straight exchanging it for an apex because the DC's were out of stock in my size. definitly a nice softshell and good people over at dogfunk/tramdock/backcountry.com