Honig's Thermal Jacket

[GerryB]

Honig's and Ump-attire.com both list a Majestic Therma Base jacket for sale.   $100 and $90 respectively. Although Honig's has their Therma Base noted as discontinued.  Both sites also have a Majestic Double Climate which I guess it the replacement.  It includes the Therma Base fleece inside according to the descriptions.

 

Honig's brand of Therma Base is $70.  I did not detect any visible differences between my various partner's Honig's brand jackets and my Majestics.   I bought the Majestics as soon as they were available in 2011.  Honig's and Smitty took almost a year I think to release their versions of the Therma Base after Majestic made it available to umpires.  I bought a Boston Red Sox Therma Base for myself and one each for my kids during a trip to Boston in September 2010.  It gets cold there as some of you know.

93.2 inches of snow with 6 more on the way tonight. A little cold, too.

[Majordave]

During summer I envy Bostonians. Fenway is awesome and the food in that city is great. But right now, I am NOT envious in the least.

[Magic]

http://www.baseballexpress.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=37618

Games worked 10

That's where I bought mine. But they only have small now.

Games worked 10

[BillKen]

The Honigs is great...but it does have a left handed zipper pull.  I wear it and I don't feel like a girl...nobody has ever stopped me and asked me if it was a girls jacket either!  A buddy of mine bought two zippers and some fleece...and took it to an alteration shop to have some pockets put in it.  I'm envious and I don't care if you aren't supposed to have your hands in your pockets...its cold and my hands need a pocket between innings!  Does the Majestic have pockets?

[Majordave]

Majestic Therma Base only has the chest pocket. No inner or hand pockets.

The new Double Climate Majestic has hand pockets. No stripes. And is waterproof. I couldn't tell if my Therma Base jackets were waterproof or not so I Scotch Garded them and my Honigs Micro Fibers as well.

[Thunderheads]

How's the fit on the Honig's version?  I wear a large in the pullover K17 jacket but I'm the size where I'm always borderline L/XL (6'1 200 lb).  Is the XL probably too spacious?  I work in the upper midwest and windchills in the 20's are not uncommon so there would be times where I'd wear a couple layers underneath as well.

your normal size should be fine

The Honigs is great...but it does have a left handed zipper pull.  I wear it and I don't feel like a girl...nobody has ever stopped me and asked me if it was a girls jacket either!  A buddy of mine bought two zippers and some fleece...and took it to an alteration shop to have some pockets put in it.  I'm envious and I don't care if you aren't supposed to have your hands in your pockets...its cold and my hands need a pocket between innings!  Does the Majestic have pockets?

Not anymore .............. only the first year.  I got a MHSAA Honig's Therma Base and it's a normal side zipper .........nice jacket....a little thinner overall than a Majestic, but just as warm

[midtnump]

Since Majestic is so huge in the uniform business, why would they stop making and just give up the umpire jacket market  at all levels to Smitty, Hoings, and others? Or is there an MLB umpire jacket  style change coming that we don't know about?

[mw94]

This is the newest umpire Jacket from Majestic, all balk no stripes (just like the new shirts) I don't know if this replaces the therma base with blue inserts or will be an additional option for MLB umpires?

 

https://www.ump-attire.com/Baseball-Umpire-Equipment/Gear-Footwear/New/UJ21-BK_Majestic-Double-Climate-Umpire-Jacket-Black?id=605

[KyleUmp]

I thought the Honig's jacket looked the same but the material was much thinner than the Smitty or the Majestic. So much so I ultimately returned it to Honig's. I was disappointed to be honest.

[Thunderheads]

I thought the Honig's jacket looked the same but the material was much thinner than the Smitty or the Majestic. So much so I ultimately returned it to Honig's. I was disappointed to be honest.

It's not quite the exact same material, but it's a warm jacket, ... I have the MHSAA version

[noumpere]

It might depend on the year it was purchased (and the year it was being compared to).  All the companies change mfgs and / or specs periodically.

[maineump]

Our college jackets are smitty's and I have a majestic for HS. They seem to be exactly the same to me - they keep me warm and dry.

[acpar72]

My Smitty has pockets! That beats the Majestic!

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