![]() ![]() Sure, it’s not going to be as comfortable as a down comforter, but the purpose of a woobie is portable warmth. The polyester material has a very “windbreaker” to it – not as soft and flexible as the older models. While not designed for freezing temperatures, there is no doubt this would keep out the worst of the cold in most temperatures above 32 degrees. The modern woobie held up against the cold pretty well. Reversible Poncho Liner Warmth and Comfort While not quite large enough to completely cover very tall people, it will fit most. It’s warm, comfortable, and easily compressible to fit in a rucksack. While this reversible poncho liner is neither bulletproof nor invisible, it was immediately evident why the woobie is treasured in the field or on deployment. It has a laundry list of properties, both magical and mundane, that proved just how important the woobie was to soldiers. It supposedly also works as an invisibility cloak. It is a good luck charm, warm, waterproof, and bulletproof. Although I would never get issued one, I’d hear about the woobie and its mythical properties from lifers and senior-enlisted who brought one to the field. I remember my very first day in Basic, during the whole in-processing and issuing gear, when one drill sergeant smirked at us and commented on how unfortunate we were that we wouldn’t be getting a reversible poncho liner, or a woobie as we called it. Very few items of military clothing command the reverence that the woobie, otherwise known as a poncho liner, does.
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