How To Pick a Quality Hoodie For Winter

Shopping for winter essentials is key, but in such a saturated market that is extremely competitive, it becomes harder to find the quality over the affordable and expensive. It’s important to note that expensive doesn’t always mean better quality and can profit from the fact of creating cheap products and piggybacking on their established name to charge over £200 for a hoodie.

There are some key factors you should look for in product descriptions before you even consider buying a hoodie for your winter essentials.

Materials

The main factor when picking the hoodie is the material, as you want to ensure you are picking a material that is both warm and cosy, so always reach for those made out of wool, nylon for sporty hoodies, and of course cotton. They all serve different styling purposes but are quality materials that are very effective. It’s also key to ensure that your hoodies are lined properly, whether they are fleeced or double-lined with quality fabric. These factors need to be considered.

GSM

Commonly referred to as the weight of a hoodie, this is a key factor you should search for if looking for a quality heavyweight hoodie. The higher the GSM, the better, so aim over 400 if you are looking for something heavy. A quality website and reliable sellers will always share what weight the hoodie is, and those that are just looking to place a keyword mention want to discuss it in the product description, and therefore it’s just a standard men’s hoodie.

For those that are made out of nylon, you won’t search for a heavyweight, as they are renowned for being a lightweight sporting style piece but also essential for all things like travel. 

Reviews

When investing a bit of money into your winter wardrobe, you want to know that you are getting what you are paying for, and when trusting in a new brand, I would always advise you to read as many reviews as possible and don’t rely on paid advertisers or influencers to tell you the truth. If you are counting on a hoodie being made with good quality materials, be sure to check before you waste time and money on when you could get the same product miles cheaper.

Pictures

You can almost see instantly from pictures if the hoodie is quality or not based on the way it falls and close-up images. If a brand doesn’t give sufficient images and doesn’t give a detailed product description, I would look elsewhere for a website that serves all of those purposes you need.

Shop In Person

Nothing makes shopping easier for quality products and seeking it out personally. While this might be a much more time-consuming task, if you become familiar with it you can get it done in one shopping trip. This way you can try it on, inspect it, and pick the perfect size for what style you are looking for.

There are so many things you can do to ensure that you are walking away with the best-priced, quality winter essentials.