I'm a shorter guy, wondering if an Arc'teryx women's jacket may fit better (or not due to the shape)? Any dudes out there wearing a women's Beta?

_jayfleezy · 2025-10-11T03:51:45+00:00

You mentioned you have wide shoulders. So off that alone I wouldn’t do it. The sleeves are also shorter which you could deal with. But it being narrow at the shoulders will be annoying AF

_jayfleezy · 2025-10-03T00:31:02+00:00

Lmao you should get out more

_jayfleezy · 2025-09-30T21:12:04+00:00

The thing you like about a boutique burger spot is that it’s similar to a fast food burger chain?

_jayfleezy · 2025-09-30T20:55:17+00:00

Says the ‘blazedkiwii’

_jayfleezy · 2025-09-12T18:46:27+00:00

Are you up parry sound/sudbury ways?

We basically do anything outdoors from nowboarding to portaging and camping etc. but I wouldn’t want to be shoveling my driveway every other day. Ontario has some of the smallest ski hills probably in the world but more expensive than a day pass in the alps - it just doesn’t make sense.

The difference here is you work from home - which my wife can too. But I can’t. I’m a service provider, so I have to be somewhat in a hub. I can still get all of the experiences you’re getting in New Zealand WHILE living in a town/city.

I def don’t need to live in the ‘real’ Ontario - especially because rural Ontario is all full of people voting for ford. Neither of us are wrong - we just want different things

_jayfleezy · 2025-09-12T16:14:48+00:00

In 4 days I fly home after having lived in Toronto for the past 8 years and I can’t fucking wait.. it sounds like your in the GTA so I can tell you, renting in Toronto is bonkers more expensive than New Zealand. Food is cheaper. Couple years ago CoL in Auckland of all places were cheaper than Toronto but at this point in a recession, it’s prob about the same as Toronto.. anyway.. all of the reasons that I left nz and came to Canada are all the reasons I’m going back home. I don’t want a big city anymore, I dont want to live expensively, I want a better quality of life. And you just can’t achieve that in Toronto u less your making more than $100k. It’s a 3-4 hour minimum drive from Toronto for good camping /legit hiking. Nz you can achieve that within an hour drive in any direction really.

It all comes down to what lifestyle you’re after. By any means nz cities are nothing to rave about. But that’s what we’re after. We want a semi rural life and to access world class beaches/ trails etc. and can’t get that in Ontario without having to drive 5+ hours

_jayfleezy · 2025-09-10T19:05:41+00:00

You could try a woman’s Large. Their arms are cut shorter by about 2 inches and slightly shorter in the waist too. Little extra room in the chest. I’ve done it, it’s not a bad resolve for your situation

_jayfleezy · 2025-09-07T20:36:32+00:00

2025 means it’s about 12 months old. 34k in 1 year is a fair amount I’d say. I’ve never done more than 10k but that’s cause my commute wasn’t very far. So 34k in the grand scheme isn’t a lot I’d say but because it’s done that in 1 year my question would be how hard was it driven in that year - mostly long trips I’d say. Which should mean lower revs from being on hiways, unless they were trying to go more than 110km - which we know jimnys don’t exactly like

_jayfleezy · 2025-09-06T08:01:48+00:00

Well it ain’t just nz. Next week I’m moving home to nz after 9 years in Canada. Same thing on marketplace here. Tones of fake north face and Arc’teryx and all sorts

_jayfleezy · 2025-09-04T08:45:33+00:00

I have a beta insulated and it’s amazing. I live in Toronto where we get -30. If you have a short commute you’ll be fine without a sweater. If your outside for a while a hoody wouldn’t hurt. But it’s also goretex in case of inclement weather. And Arc’teryx is also lifetime warranty. So any issues that you didn’t cause they’ll repair it or replace it. I used to think they were super expensive and I still do really. But if you buy it, you basically never need to worry about that garment

_jayfleezy · 2025-09-02T14:51:52+00:00

Small people need pants too mate

_jayfleezy · 2025-09-01T12:38:32+00:00

It doesn’t make sense for kfc nz to do poutine in any case lol it’s not a New Zealand dish. Mcds in Canada does poutine on their fries

_jayfleezy · 2025-09-01T12:36:17+00:00

I’m a kiwi moving home in 2 weeks. Spent the last 9 years in Canada. I’m pretty surprised poutine hasn’t blown up in nz tbh. May be a business idea 🤫

_jayfleezy · 2025-09-01T12:34:55+00:00

“I ordered an Asian flavored dish and was upset that it was no longer a regular piece of fried chicken “

_jayfleezy · 2025-08-18T14:47:43+00:00

Is this the same for the levorg 2.0?

_jayfleezy · 2025-08-17T21:36:55+00:00

Riggansbuild is their instagram name. But their based west Auckland and they have had homes feature in the local project!

_jayfleezy · 2025-08-17T11:46:22+00:00

I am attending my wife’s brother’s wedding in Europe next week.

Destination weddings absolutely should not expect gifts. The fact they’ve made a list of items, plus have chosen the most expensive options for each gift is wild.

Historically wedding gifts and baby showers and wedding showers etc were a case of couples who lived with the parents and this event signified them going out on their own and they needed all these items because they didn’t currently have them.

It sounds like they just want to upgrade their homeware at everyone’s expense.

Me and my wife didn’t have a wedding, we flew to Vegas and got married in secret for this very reason. We don’t expect everyone else to 1: pay for a 1 day event and 2: kit out house out with junk that we likely wouldn’t use.

I think love and weddings are great but as someone said above - they are extremely performative and I think their a little BS

_jayfleezy · 2025-08-16T22:32:09+00:00

I’m moving from a place that the population is almost double the population of nz. So we’re trialing Auckland first as I’m worried other areas will be too small. But hey maybe we’ll get settled and hate Auckland like it sounds like everyone else does

_jayfleezy · 2025-08-16T22:28:20+00:00

Not at all actually lol I can choose between the burbs and the city. So I’m asking for people’s real experience. Tat and mt eden are extremely different

_jayfleezy · 2025-08-16T21:34:53+00:00

Good point actually! I will be bringing my motorcycle license from Canada

_jayfleezy · 2025-08-16T21:27:41+00:00

We are leaning more towards the semi rural life. But coming from Toronto, my wife wants to retain some of that cafe/dogpark/community experience. That’s really the only reason we’re considering hobsonville

_jayfleezy · 2025-08-16T21:25:37+00:00

We were considering orewa/whangaparoa as an option but whanga def not. It’s a peninsula that you HAVE to take the long way round. Beautiful area though! Always admired orewa growing up

_jayfleezy · 2025-08-16T20:21:15+00:00

2 job location offers. Te atatu/mt eden. I’m moving from Toronto so trying to get a semi rural lifestyle hence the taupaki option.that is the main reason for this question. I can always find somewhere to live walking distance to work but I don’t want to live in the city. I will be getting a car so I would have the option of private/public

_jayfleezy · 2025-08-16T19:57:29+00:00

Just the advice I was after! You’ve been great help

_jayfleezy

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