 Hello everyone, this is Amit Dan of amitdan.com. Today I'll have another episode of review video and I'll be reviewing and comparing two very popular highly rated hoodies on Amazon. So which are the Gildan men's fleece hoodie and then we have here the Haines aqueous smart hoodie and I want to review them and give it a try due to their, you know, high ratings. So these are very low cost hoodie. They're about $22 Canadian, both of them and they seem to be equally popular among all reviewers. So I don't have to give it a try and let's take a look whether, you know, how they compare and which one is better. So if this is your first time or a big visit, thank you for your support on this channel. I'm always trying new and different ideas. If you're into thinking outside the box, you may want to subscribe to this channel. If you're looking for more review videos, there'll be links in the description box below. So this is a manufacturer called Gildan and they're actually a manufacturer of other manufacturers. For example, they make, you know, hoodies and other clothes for other manufacturers. So the Haines aqueous smart hoodie is made of 50% recycle bottles or plastic and although the Gildan doesn't mention anything, but they have here that, you know, the energy they use, 44% of them are renewable energy. Now, after looking at these two, I have a feeling that, you know, it is possible the Haines hoodie is made by Gildan, although it doesn't mention anything, but both of them are, you know, made in Honduras. If you can see the tag right here and this one is same here, right here. So we have made in Honduras and I know that Gildan has a factory in Honduras, but it is possible that Haines is just, you know, getting their clothes from Gildan but, you know, I'm not sure, this is just my guess. So I'm going to take a look at both of them. So the first thing when I opened the hoodie, the first thing that struck me is that, you know, there's zipper and both of them are using high quality Y-cake and zipper. So Y-cake and zipper is like, you know, the gold standard of zippers. If I'm looking or I'm buying anything, I always check to make sure whether they have Y-cake and zipper and surprisingly enough that, you know, these two cheap hoodies, they also have Y-cake and zipper, which I didn't expect it because, you know, I have expensive hoodies, even they don't use Y-cake and zipper sometimes. So that's a very good thing that they have Y-cake and zipper and both of them are 50% polyester and 50% cotton, same here. So you're getting like, you know, a blend of polyester and cotton and they both have like, you know, fleece polyester. So these are very lightweight. This is eight ounce cotton and this is fabric and this is 7.8 or almost eight ounce fabric. So when I'm touching the fabric, so what happens here, the hints kind of looks like slightly thicker than the Gildan. So for example, when I'm touching Gildan, then it's still, it's like, you know, it's decent, both of them are not, you know, thick, but Gildan seems to be slightly thinner than hints, which is a good thing because you can wear them in summer. And actually, I believe both of them, you can wear them in summer because they are not too heavy or thick. So I'm just going to open both of them and see, you know, what's going on here. So in terms of the fabric touching, I kind of like the Gildan fabric slightly better because it feels smoother to touch and when you're looking at the texture, it feels like slightly better quality than the hints. Now, when I'm touching the hints, it's a little bit rough comparing to Gildan. However, the texture, it feels like, you know, Gildan is slightly better, but they're very similar. Now, if you look at here, you can see that both have a similar ending right here and about Gildan, the same thing applies right here. But when you are looking at the, you know, hand cuffs, then the thing is the Gildan is kind of like, you know, flat, slightly elastic. It has a little bit of stretch, but when you are looking at Gildan, it's kind of like, you know, round cuffed. So this is not bad either, but I prefer this type of like, you know, end comparing to this. So for that, you know, Gildan, I like Gildan more. Now, if you look at the head part of the hoodie, then one thing I noticed that, you know, the strings, they're just coming out of simple and plain like, you know, a hole right here. But for hints, it has kind of metallic, you know, hole to pass through the string. But I don't like this type of, you know, hole because it makes me, it makes the fabric, or the clothes look cheaper and it doesn't look good. So for that reason, hints, I like Gildan better. And then let's take a look at inside the hoodie. Okay, so here we are looking at hints and Gildan side by side. And they're very nice, you know, fleece, both of them. But the texture was it looks like, you know, hints is going to give you this round tiny balls faster than the Gildan because it looks like, you know, kind of more coming off even before, you know, washing or using it. So for that reason, I have a feeling that, you know, Gildan is going to hold up longer than hints. And in terms of the hoodie here, the top, they look very similar the way they are made. So I really cannot differentiate that much here. And this is Equismart, that's the version. And this is like a 50% recycled plastic or plastic bottles. And in terms of the pockets, this is how the hints pocket, they're not, looks like it's not too deep, but it's good enough. And let's take a look at the Gildan. Very similar. Actually, I'm gonna have to say probably they're the same. Let me just look at them side by side. So if you take a look at it, you can see actually they're, you know, looks like even very similar. But in terms of stitching, looks like Gildan has, you know, better stitching. And looks like he's going to hold up more than hints. Hints here, I can see that there's just single stitching and here same single, but you can see that, you know, it has double stitching here. And also when you are touching the fabric and the way the zipper is attached to the clothing, then Gildan looks a little bit more, you know, durable for me to hold up longer than hints. The other thing is that, you know, the zipper, hints, has, is like, you know, it looks this way. And if you take a look at the Gildan zipper, that looks, you know, better quality, although they're both the YKK. But, you know, the way this piece made, I like it better than the Gildan. And the hints. So basically you cannot go wrong with either one of these because they are just, you know, a very low price. Both of them are about $22 Canadian. And I don't think you can go wrong with either of them because they are just a very low cost everyday hoodie and you can wear them in summer or in spring or winter because it's very thin and it's very, you know, it's not thick at all. So you can wear all season as an all season hoodie. So I'm not, you know, I'm happy with actually both of them. Before buying, I had no expectations and I was thinking that, you know, maybe these are going to be very bad quality, but it looks like, you know, they are both very nice quality and I cannot complain if you, you know, look at their price and the type of fabric and material you're getting. So this is not a paid or affiliated review. All my reviews are non-affiliated, unbiased and honest and these are Hain's Equismart fleece hoodie and this is Gildan Men's fleece hoodie. And I believe they have heavier version of these but, you know, I wanted to try something for summer and I wanted to see and compare because these two seem to have the highest ratings on Amazon and also they are one of the lowest, you know, cheapest hoodies on Amazon. So that's all for today. Thank you for watching this video. There will be more videos coming up. So I'll see you shortly. Thank you.