WINNER: Toby le Rone
As part of our drive towards sustainable production, we're always looking for ways to make our kit more environmentally friendly without compromising performance. This season we have an exciting update to one of our most beloved jackets.
The redesigned Microlight Alpine Jacket takes the versatile, easy-pack insulation of the established classic and dials in some intelligent new upgrades. It features a combination of zoned micro and nano baffles to increase core warmth without inflating weight or bulk - and the jacket's ethical credentials are now equally sound.
With 30D Pertex® Quantum ripstop nylon, as well as GRS-certified, 700 fill power P.U.R.E recycled hydrophobic down, the Microlight Alpine Jacket now features fully recycled shell, insulation and lining. Practical and user-friendly, both as an everyday jacket and as a mountain layer, additional features include three harness-compatible pockets, an easy-carry stuff sack and a down-filled hood with stiffened peak.
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P.U.R.E recycled down is sourced from post-consumer down-filled items. It's then washed, graded and undergoes the proven Nikwax Hydrophobic Down treatment. This intense process has created a fully recycled down that shows no loss in performance over virgin down.
With its refined styling, improved down distribution and ethical upgrades, the Microlight Alpine Jacket is the definitive multi-purpose down jacket.
The Microlight Alpine
Our classic lightweight down jacket has been updated. With a fresh design aesthetic and recycled construction, the highly packable Microlight Alpine Jacket is the go-to system for rapid warmth when the temperature drops. Available in Men's and Women's.
- Adjustable hood with stiffened peak
- Pertex Quantum ripstop nylon fabrics are soft and packable
- Zoned lightweight micro and nano baffle stitch-through construction
- YKK® zipped hand pockets and large zipped chest pocket
- Internally elasticated cuffs and drawcord adjustable hem
- Main Fabric: Recycled 30D nylon Pertex Quantum, 50g/m², with DWR
- Lining: Recycled 20D nylon, 38g/m²
- Insulation: Recycled 700 fill-power down Nikwax hydrophobic (water-resistant) finish (153g Size L)
- Weight: 466.5g/16.5oz (Size L)
- Composition: 100% recycled polyamide outer with 100% recycled polyamide lining
- Stuff sack included
For your chance to win a men's or women's Microlight Alpine jacket simply answer the question below:
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Comments
Anyone recognise where the photo above is? It feels familiar but I'm not sure why? A very well filled in No. 2 Gully maybe?
Matron!
No 2 Gully? Really? It looks very much like a shot from the same photo shoot as this:
https://rab.equipment/media/cp_moi/Microlight_productpage_infoblock_image.jpg
which I'm pretty sure isn't the Ben.....
If it is the same shoot the model has changed helmets! And hidden his ice tools and crampons...
I totally accept it might not be the UK at all, but somehow it just looked familiar and I'm a big enough winter climbing nerd to think that not all snow filled gullies look the same! :)
Only when I re-read my original post in a Sid James voice did I start to snigger. :)
Now it's up there with a joke a Y7 told me earlier this week:
What's the best cheese for disguising a horse?
...
...wait for it...
....
Mascarpone.