Defender 2026 · Ninja Hoodie
6 reasons to buy the Ninja Hoodie for the hood
Review of our 2023 1/4 Zip, now sold out
“The quality feels so good and durable. … it always performs and keeps you warm, when you need it to.”
The half-zip runs up into a fitted hood. Keep zipping and it closes around your face like a balaclava, with an elastic-bound opening for your eyes. The wind on your face and neck gets shut out by the same layer that keeps your body warm.
Unzip it and it's a normal hood again.
A separate balaclava spends most of the day in a pocket, and it's never the pocket you check first. This one is part of your hoodie, so it's there the moment the wind picks up, and gone again with one pull of the zip.
There's a storm guard behind the zip, so the wind can't whistle through the teeth. At the top, the pull tucks into a zipper garage, so you can zip right up to your face without cold metal against your skin.
It's cut from Polartec 200 Midweight, Polartec's original midweight fleece. It holds heat when you stop, breathes while you move and dries fast. Wear it under a shell in real cold, or on its own when it's cool and dry.
Rock and branches shred plain fleece at the forearms and sides. Here those spots are reinforced with stretch nylon, so the rough stuff hits nylon, not fleece. It stretches, so it never holds you back.
Two angled zips open into one big kangaroo pocket, with fleece on the side against your hands. The bungee hem cinches with a cord lock to keep cold air out, or loosens to let heat out when you work hard.
Why it’s Polartec
Polartec says its team at Malden Mills created the original synthetic fleece in 1981, and that Time magazine later named it one of the most important inventions of the 20th century.
Polartec 200, the fleece your Ninja Hoodie is cut from, was the fleece in the US Army’s Gen II cold-weather bib overalls.
Polartec says the US Army’s Gen III cold-weather system, standard issue since 2007, uses its Power Grid and High Loft fleeces.
Polartec 200 Midweight holds heat when you stop, breathes while you move and dries fast. We ship it into Ukraine, and your hoodie is cut and sewn there.
Why not just a regular fleece hoodie?
Even a good technical fleece hoodie usually gives you a hood and nothing more. When the wind picks up, your face is out in it, and your balaclava is wherever you left it.
The Ninja Hoodie goes further
Midnight Black, Olive or Ranger Green · S to XXL
Shop the Ninja Hoodie$156 · 100% Made in Ukraine
Proven in the Yukon backcountry
Worn by our own team, Christian, Luke and Max, with a guide. No models.
Reviews
Heads up: these reviews are for a different product, our 2023 Defender 1/4 Zip Fleece. The Ninja Hoodie is brand new, so it has no reviews yet.
Sold outDefender Polar 1/4 Zip Fleece (2023)
5.0 from 31 reviews
Review of the 2023 1/4 Zip
“Perfect quality, extra warm and coazy. I really like the pockets, they're very spacious. 10/10”
ErikasVerified buyer
See it on Judge.me ↗Review of the 2023 1/4 Zip
“Second purchase from Saint Javelin. Over the moon with this fleece. … Just what I need for up on the hills.”
Steven P.Verified buyerUnited Kingdom
See it on Judge.me ↗Review of the 2023 1/4 Zip
“Bought one for my dad first, then my bf. They’re both raving about how warm and great it is. Now hoping they restock the S so I can get one for myself”
AnastassiaCanada
See it on Judge.me ↗Review of the 2023 1/4 Zip
“great for walks in the forest, but also for warming up while sitting at the computer”
Petr T.Verified buyerCzechia
See it on Judge.me ↗The Ninja Hoodie is even better
Too nice to be real? Fair. Our mums didn’t write these, promise. They all live on Judge.me, and “Verified” means Judge.me matched the review to a real order.
Check our homework on Judge.me →Who's behind it
On February 16, 2022, former journalist Christian Borys printed 100 stickers of a saint holding a Javelin missile to raise money for Ukrainian charities. He sold over 10,000 and raised over $1M.
We started making our gear in Ukraine. In late 2022, we built and donated military winter gear to Ukrainian soldiers, which went on to inspire the Defender collection.
Our gear has been proven around the world: in the hardest conditions in Ukraine, high in the Alps and even in the Yukon backcountry.
We built our production from the ground up. We bring the best materials we can find, like Polartec fleece, into Ukraine and work with manufacturers across the country to make our gear.
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Rated 4.9 out of 5 across 5,400+ customer reviews
Face out of the wind · Warm when you stop
$156
Warm when you stop, dry when you sweat: Polartec 200 Midweight. 100% Made in Ukraine.
It's a midweight fleece, warm enough for most of the winter. In real cold, wear it under a shell; on cool, dry days it works on its own. It isn't a substitute for a shell.
Yes. Unzipped, it's a normal fitted hood. Zip it up when the wind picks up.
It's a half-zip. The zip runs from mid-chest up into the hood.
Midnight Black, Olive and Ranger Green, in S to XXL. The size chart is on the product page.
100% Made in Ukraine. We ship the Polartec fabric in, and the hoodie is cut and sewn in Ukraine.
Buy it for the hood.
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