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Goretex or insulated soft shell jacket
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hi all
need advice to purchase a ski jacket....
With some overtime in the horizon, I may have some spare cash to get a decent ski jacket.
I was wondering whether I should go goretex or insulated soft shell.
What do you guys suggest?
One that caught my eye is the Salomon S-Line Montion Fit (insulated).
Another one is the Salomon Amont GTX Grizzly
Opinions/suggestions are much appreciated
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I don't think you should go either. But that's not what you want to hear so...
Uninsulated shells are always more versatile than insulated ones, unless you spend all your time skiing in the arctic. Using layering means you can still use the same shell in much warmer weather without cooking yourself.
Also, clothing specifically marketed at skiers (like that Salomon stuff) gets a hefty price markup. Non-ski-specialist brands and jackets will be just as good, and potentially a lot cheaper.
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@redbaron51
, this has been covered well in some previous threads here - have a bit of a search using 'soft shell' as a key search term. As an experienced climber and skier, in the Alps I tend to use soft shells lined with thick fleece (eg patagonia speed ascent, rab baltoro guide, mammut avers) all with good dwr and some with good ventilation options for skiing. I use them heavily for climbing too but still use a three ply gore text when I know it's going to be a session in torrential weather. I find gore tex shells too sweaty when skiing and that's a prelude to being chilled - but that's a personal preference away from gore tex and I know that others may disagree with my inclination towards softshells. The one thing which I think people tend to forget is that gore tex requires a good saturation gradient to pull sweat out of the shell, and that can be lacking on days spent in cloud at altitude - the outside humidity is so high that the gradient is much reduced and moisture transfer slowed right down. A thick fleece inner gets heated, and this pulls the moisture away from the skin, so I always tend to be drier inside a good non-membrane softshell.
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thank you guys, I will do some more research and try to make my mind up
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