In reply to monkeyboy3000:
I have had a Marmot Goretex ProShell jacket for the last 4 years and it is nothing short of superb. It has shrugged off 125 mph winds at 3,000 metres in the Alps and withstood four Scottish winters (and summers). I've climbed, snowboarded and hiked all over Europe. Not only has it proved remarkably durable, comfortable and performed faultlessly every day of those four years, it is also cut to perfection for my needs with a high chin guard, capacious hood and locked down cuffs. I wish I could remember the product name... might well be a Troll Wall as mentioned above, it was about £300 list and I got it for £200 online. An utter bargain at twice that. Bloody great it is.