Looking for recommendations on fleece jackets. 

I recall many years ago buying my first from REI on closeout.  What I had heard about fleece was how it was warm, light, not bulky and dried very quickly, with the only drawback being no campfire spark resistance.

Although claiming to do everything better than my old wool gear, my first fleece did none of those very well except the no spark resistance function.

I have had a couple of others that proved marginally better. Recently I went looking for technical information, weight vs. insulating ability, bulk vs. insulating ability, drying times, etc.
 
Found squat.

I poked around on one well known dealer’s site, who typically sells a lot of military surplus along with normal commercially made goods.  I found a dizzying collection of non-descriptive terms.  Malmute fleece, Polartec Gen3, grid fleece, micro fleece, Belgian fleece, Italian Fleece, tactical fleece (the word tactical adding 50% more to the price of anything whether better or not), and even a Nomex flame resistant fleece, which at least would offer some spark induced meltdown protection.  Prices ranging from $12 to just over $100

So I am interested in what members have had good and bad luck with.

I searched the archives and found many references to fleece, but not too much detail, other than SoloTripper with some specifics in October of 2016.

As always, thanks again for anything you can offer.

Regards,

MossBack