Zip it up, and the hood becomes your balaclava.
The half-zip runs up into a fitted hood. Keep zipping and it closes around your face, with an elastic-bound opening.
No balaclava to pack, dig out or lose. It’s already on you.
Defender 2026 · Ninja Hoodie
Why carry a balaclava when your hood can be one?
5 reasons to leave the balaclava at home
Review of our 2023 1/4 Zip
★★★★★
“I wore it while hiking the alps in summer, going out with friends on a fall evening and now in the winter - it always performs and keeps you warm, when you need it to.”
By Saint Javelin · 100% Made in Ukraine
Ninja Hoodie vs a regular fleece
Why it beats the fleece you already own.
| Ninja Hoodie | Regular fleece | |
|---|---|---|
| Your balaclava is built into the hood | ||
| Polartec, the fleece used by the US military | ||
| Reinforced where rock and branches tear fleece | ||
| 100% Made in Ukraine |
200 Midweight
Made with Polartec, the fleece used by the US military.
Polartec 200, the fleece in your hoodie, was the fleece in the US Army’s Gen II cold-weather kit. Polartec says it made the first synthetic fleece in 1981.
Warm when you stop. Dry when you move.
Good enough to jump out of a helicopter in.
That’s the Ninja Hoodie leaving a helicopter above Lauterbrunnen, in the Swiss Alps.
Your weekend has fewer helicopters. Same hoodie, and it moves with you.
Go off-trail without shredding the sleeves.
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. And it still moves with you.
Looks like a normal hoodie. Until you zip it.
Unzipped, it’s a clean fleece hoodie for the commute, the school run or the flight.
Zip it up the moment the weather turns.
The Defender 2026 collection
Made for where the weather turns.
Your balaclava is built in. Zip up and go.
Midnight Black, Olive or Ranger Green · S to XXL
Shop the Ninja Hoodie₴5,580 · 100% Made in Ukraine
Reviews
People loved the last one. It sold out.
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
★★★★★“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 ↗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
★★★★★“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
★★★★★“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 ↗
The Ninja Hoodie is even better
- Your balaclava is built in: the hood closes around your face
- Polartec 200 Midweight, the fleece used by the US military
- Goes off-trail without shredding: stretch nylon on the forearms and lower sides
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
The Saint Javelin story
February 2022The million-dollar sticker
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.
Late 2022From meme to maker
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.
Since thenProving our gear
Our gear has been proven around the world: in the hardest conditions in Ukraine, high in the Alps and even in the Yukon backcountry.
Today100% Made in Ukraine
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
Your balaclava is built in · Warm when you stop
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Polartec 200 Midweight Ninja Hoodie
₴5,580
Warm when you stop, dry when you sweat: Polartec 200 Midweight. 100% Made in Ukraine.
- Face covered in one zip: the hood closes into a balaclava
- No draught, no cold metal on your chin: storm guard and zipper garage
- Goes off-trail without shredding: stretch nylon on the forearms and lower sides
- Midnight Black, Olive or Ranger Green · S–XXL
Questions we get
How warm is it?
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.
Can I wear the hood open?
Yes. Unzipped, it's a normal fitted hood. Zip it up when the wind picks up.
Is it a quarter-zip?
It's a half-zip. The zip runs from mid-chest up into the hood.
What colours and sizes are there?
Midnight Black, Olive and Ranger Green, in S to XXL. The size chart is on the product page.
Where is it made?
100% Made in Ukraine. We ship the Polartec fabric in, and the hoodie is cut and sewn in Ukraine.
Tough gear,
for tough people.
Your balaclava is built in.
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