To whom it may concern,

I have been using/evaluating the H²P^® jacket for the past week or so and I must say, it has performed extremely well. I have attached some weather charts showing the weather over the past week. I will briefly describe the conditions and circumstances in which I have used the jacket.

First of all, Los Alamos is in the mountains in Northern New Mexico. We are at approximately 7300 feet in elevation and have significant winter weather. Our first taste of fall began last week - while I conducted firearms training on the Live Fire Range (10/21-28/02).

As you can see from the attachments the morning temperatures have been in the 30's and the afternoon temperatures were in the high 40's to low 50's. During this week we also had several cold rain showers. Our typical workday is 7am to 7pm, and on some of the days (10/26/02) we worked noon to midnight. On this day I wore the jacket all afternoon and evening as it rained most of the day.

Some of the things I/we really like about the H²P^® jacket: it allows for one jacket to serve many functions; it's warm and waterproof; and it allows the wearer flexibility and mobility. It kept me warm, dry, and comfortable all evening on the 26th.

One of the neatest things about the jacket occurred during our 30-minute dinner break - the H²P^® jacket completely dried off on the outside - all other jackets were still wet. I have had the jacket on the ground during prone firing, grinding the elbows into the water and mud and it still has not leaked! It is truly an impressive piece of gear.

I am contemplating some design chances to the garment that I currently have. Following that there is no doubt I will be buying this product!

- Randy Putt, SRT Training Captain
Department of Energy
Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico
October 29, 2002