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Marmot Mica Jacket

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The brand new Mica jacket is the lighest fully waterproof, windproof and breathable jacket that Marmot has ever made.

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The Mica Jacket
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The Mica is a winner of several prestigious design awards, it couldn't be any lighter and still be called a jacket. Supremely detailed and pro-minded, The Mica is made for traveling light in tough conditions. The Mica is 100% seam taped, waterproof, and highly breathable, thanks to MemBrain® Strata™ fabric. It also features an attached adjustable hood and Velcro® cuffs, a water resistant front zipper, and it packs neatly into its own pocket.

Marmot's own lightweight waterproof / breathable technology. A lamination technology that rates a whopping 20,000mm in waterproof performance and 20,000 gr in breathability. Requiring neither lining nor 3-layer construction like many similar lamination processes, MemBrain® Strata™ products are by far the lightest, most breathable garments in their categories.

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The back of the Mica Jacket
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Features:

  • 100% Seam Taped For Full Waterproofness
  • Adjustable Velcro® Cuff Adjustable Velcro Cuff
  • Angel-Wing Movement™ Allows Full Range of Motion
  • Attached Adjustable Hood Rolls Up and is Secured with a Velcro Hood Tab
  • Elastic Draw Cord Hem For Adjustability in Serious Weather
  • Marmot MemBrain® Strata™ Waterproof / Breathable Fabric
  • Reflective Logos
  • Water Resistant Front Zipper

Weight: 185g

Main Material: Clarion 2.5 Lamination N-130R

Sizes: S-XL

Colours: Black, Eclipse, Cilantro, Alert

The following UK Outdoor shops stock Marmot's Mica Jacket:

Cilantro Colour:

Eclipse Colour:

Black Colour:

Alert Colour:


For more information visit the Marmot site



15 May, 2009
For more details on the technical fabric used in the Mica Jacket click on: http://marmot.com/spring_2009/mens/outerwear/shells/mica_jacket/info/technology
18 May, 2009
Why can't they give the colours normal names? What do Eclipse, Cilantro and Alert mean in English?
18 May, 2009
Could be good. Can't say i've seen it tried it on yet. My major criticism of these fully waterproof lightweight racing shells though are the hoods. I've got a Montane one and while the jacket fits well round the body and arms and is very light, the hood is practically unuseable as the velcro is so small it doesn't hold the hood in position so it merely gets blown off and with no wire rim (to save weight) you just end up with waterproof in your face if you want to put it up. If you're running and you need to use a hood (for protection mainly from driving hail/sleet/snow/rain the likelehood of their being a breeze is pretty high. I'd like to see much more useability of this ultralight gear rather than just chasing the lowest weight on the scales. How much weight would a wire rim add? 30-40g? Not much for head protection really.
18 May, 2009
Hey Mr Ed, I have one of these on test at the moment and will have a review up on the site in a couple of weeks. Was wearing it for some of the day yesterday in fact. I will make sure I put a full section on the hood. Cheers, Jack
18 May, 2009
//marmot.com/spring_2009/mens/outerwear/shells/nano_jacket in a few weeks time. All I need now is for it to bloomin' rain so I can really try it out! Unfortunately we don't have North Wales' reliably unreliable weather here, and it keeps being annoying sunny and warm.
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