Down hoodie in helmet or outside helmet - ice & alpine

My Mountain Hardwear Nitrous down hoodie fits over the helmet, which seems status quo. The Arcteryx Cerium hoodie is in-helmet, and def kept my dome warm when Intried it on at REI

It would seem like over the helmet down hoods would be better for active heat release, but the snug down hood felt good under the helmet. Anyone have a Cerium and some experience using it in high activity alpine?

Do you like taking your helmet off when you want to lower your hood? Hoods under your helmet suck.

If your hood fits over your helmet, you can put your hood up or down with one hand in about 1 second. If not, you have to take off your helmet, change your hood, and put your helmet back on, all without dropping your helmet, and probably requiring two hands.

In my experience, if your hood doesn't fit over your helmet you may as well not have a hood. (for the purpose of climbing).

Ya wear a beanie under yer helmet and a hood over it.

R1 hoody (or equivalent) can be nice under the helmet. shell, puffy, etc. over the helmet.

Allen Sanderson wrote:Ya wear a beanie under yer helmet and a hood over it.

That is the current method, using a really nice icebreaker long beanie that extends beyond the ears. I have almost worn it out over the years.

Andrew Mayer wrote:R1 hoody (or equivalent) can be nice under the helmet. shell, puffy, etc. over the helmet.

Also have an old MH synthetic hood that hugs the body and head. It is great as a 2nd base, and doubles as a nice piece of baklava if you dribble some honey on it.

I all ways put my mountain equipment eclipse hoodie under helmet, everything else goes over.

Andrew Mayer wrote:R1 hoody (or equivalent) can be nice under the helmet. shell, puffy, etc. over the helmet.

This is how I do it, works quite well. Usually only have down/insulation on while belaying.