Cotopaxi Teca Half Zip Jacket Review
(This review originally featured in Trail Run Magazine #52)
The Cotopaxi Teca Half Zip Jacket is a highly packable, weather resistant layer that’s ideal for windy ridge hikes, breezy bike rides and minimalist travels.
This season, Cotopaxi has streamlined the design of the Teca Half Zip Jacket and created men’s and women’s versions for improvised fit. It’s also upgraded the fabric for next-to-skin smoothness and added a zip pocket to boost in-movement comfort.
Made with weather-resistant, repurposed materials, and built for wind, light rain and heavy doses of adventure, Cotopaxi uses 100% remnant fabric to build each Teca Windbreaker, which means material that might have gone to a landfill gets a second chance to shine.
Each Teca is made using leftover fabric from other companies’ production runs, and each colourway is also limited-edition. Once it’s sold out, it’s gone for good!
Cotopaxi does not just use leftover fabric to create the Teca, but uses high-quality repurposed taffeta with a water-resistant DWR finish.
A lightweight layer that packs into itself, the Teca Half Zip Jacket stows and deploys at a moment’s notice so when you aren’t using it, stuff it into its own kangaroo pocket for quick storage.
Cotopaxi is a sustainable outdoor brand based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. For Cotopaxi, giving is core to who they are. The brand ties its earnings to impact by allocating 1% of annual revenue to the Cotopaxi Foundation, which then distributes multi-year grants to thoroughly vetted not-for-profit organisations that focus on improving the human condition and fighting extreme poverty.
Since 2014, Cotopaxi has helped its impact partners reach an estimated 3 million people in extreme poverty through traceable and valid means. The brand is also B Corp Certified meaning they have passed rigorous standards of ethical conduct in their practice.
This article appeared in Edition 52 of Trail Run Magazine 2025. Grab your copy here
