MB.

  You can take the fleece, wring it out around a small tree trunk until you can't see any more water.

Whirl it around your head a few times, and put right back on. Since fleece doesn't absorb water, your only getting rid of the surface water.
Your body heat will dry it out.

  I said Thermoloft, but I really meant PRIMALOFT.
  Primaloft doesn't absorb water either, you just wring like fleece and your body heat will dry it.
Will keep you warm like fleece even if "damp".

Because Primaloft or any of the other synthetics have an outer/inner shell they solve the wind issue.

That's something to consider IF you go with fleece?
If you go that route and want a good military spec wind shirt as our troops use in the Middle East, let me know. The one I use is great and reasonably priced.
It's made by VETS for the military/civilian market.
The beauty of an ultra lite weight wind shirt is its versatility. Hot day but the wind comes up gets chilly, throw it on. Cool paddling over a fleece vest ditto. Cold rain AND wind, wear under rain jacket.

My spring ice-out trip on days when it was snowing/sleeting. I wore rain suit, wind shirt, Primaloft jacket over fleece vest and was warm and dry as I vented as needed. The MORE options you have the better off you are IMHO.



Here's a  couple of handy guides for synthetic vs down. PrimaLoft in all its variations is generally regarded as the best synthetic.

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