Help choose the right Dainese jacket (Summer)

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Summer Dainese - mesh vs textile

My full-leather Dainese racing jacket is just too hot for casual Sunday trips to Hog Island or Alice's. I'm looking to increase ventilation by about 30%. I'm both weary and unfamiliar with wearing anything but full leather, so I'm hoping someone can chime in here.

1. Which will provide the correct amount of ventilation with respect to my current jacket? Not too much, but not too little. Say 30% more.
   
2. Between the two Frazer models, which is more protective? I figure textile is the response, but let's be honest here. They're pretty similar where it counts. Consequentially, I'm wondering if the only significant difference is ventilation factor. What's weird is that Dainese rates the mesh version as race/summer and the tex version as road/winter

My current jackets: (neither are perforated)

Some I'm considering:

Dainese Air Frazer Tex+Pelle (leather + thin mesh)

Dainese Air Frazer Tex (leather + textile. I've only seen this model at some select shops)

Dainese Super Speed Tex

Dainese Stripes Evo Pelle Estivo (thin perforated leather)

 

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I compared three jackets at the Dainese website, and now I'm confused.

It orders the jackets by protection:

1. Frazer mesh+leather
2. Super Speed tex
3. Frazer tex+leather

And it orders the jackets by ventilation:

1. Frazer mesh+leather
2. Super Speed tex
3. Frazer tex+leather

Turns out the mesh jacket has higher-rated shoulders/elbo/arm protection, the Super Speed has better shoulders, and the tex+leather ironically only has the cushion-type material in the shoulders.

So where I was interested in the tex+leather Frazer for a bit of added protection over mesh, it seems like it might not be the best option afterall with the softer armor.

Maybe the mesh + a thermal layer would be the best? Is Dainese's mesh that mush worse than Dainese's 750 cordura? Both have leather where it counts.

 

[FourT2Infinity]

I compared three jackets at the Dainese website, and now I'm confused.

It orders the jackets by protection:

1. Frazer mesh+leather
2. Super Speed tex
3. Frazer tex+leather

And it orders the jackets by ventilation:

1. Frazer mesh+leather
2. Super Speed tex
3. Frazer tex+leather

Turns out the mesh jacket has higher-rated shoulders/elbo/arm protection, the Super Speed has better shoulders, and the tex+leather ironically only has the cushion-type material in the shoulders.

So where I was interested in the tex+leather Frazer for a bit of added protection over mesh, it seems like it might not be the best option afterall with the softer armor.

Maybe the mesh + a thermal layer would be the best? Is Dainese's mesh that mush worse than Dainese's 750 cordura? Both have leather where it counts.

Based on the above, your answer is the Frazer. Are you pairing the jacket to moto pants?

 

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Fixed the link above, my bad. Now it shows the comparisons.

For pants I have normal Dainese leather pants. Alien/Pony'esque.

 

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I found a one of hte discontinued Frazers online. I've done some asking around, including support at RevZilla and Dainese. Neither could rank the Air Frazer (mesh + tex + leather), Frazer (tex+leather) and Super Speed Tex (tex) by protection. Kind of funny seeing that they're rated differently on the website.

In the end my gut tells me tex+leather is going to be the safest, perhaps marginally. That said, I figure start there when it comes to ventilation and reconsider if it's not enough, or step up to perf leather if it's too cool.

 

[LarryT]

Dainese Jacket

I have the Zen leather jacket. It has tiny holes on the jacket plus a liner. If it is too hot, I would just unzip the liner and i feel fine when I ride.