Ski Jacket

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I was looking at purchasing either the Rab Latok, or the Lowe Alpine Peak jacket. They are mainly going to be used for hiking, and light mountaineering. Do you think they would be suitible to wear whilst skiing in france this Feb with the correct amount of layering?!

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brian

gream0604, yep, should be fine.

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Would you have any preferance out of the two? The Rab is about £50 more but the Lowe seems to have more features?

Thanks for the quick reply?!!!

brian

gream0604, the Rab is made of eVent fabric which is pretty highly thought of in most reviews. The Lowe seems to be made of their own stuff which is unlikely to be quite as good although I would still think it'd be perfectly adequate for every day skiing use.

I take it we're not talking multi day tours above 4000m sleeping in snow-holes here ?

brian

ps. this seems quite a good deal on the Rab

http://www.freetime1.co.uk/store/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=403

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No, its just going to be every day skiing like you said and light mountaineering e.g. snowdon in the winter, and Ben Nevis.

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brian, The Lowe fabrics are fairly good. Triple point ceramic (as used in the famous Mountain Cap) has stood up to plenty of abuse.

brian

Scarpa, yeah, I rate Lowe gear as well. eVent is meant to be all singing all dancing more breathable than xcr etc. though. So I was just guessing that's probably why the Rab is a tad more pricy ?

Cheers Guys, i'm still undecided wether to go for the Rab or the Lowe Jacket.

I have heard that Rab tend to be better for down Jackets, and that Lowe seems to be pretty good.

Any more suggestions/reccommendations?

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It always used to be that Gore tex was second to quite a few materials re breathability, but once you add the waterproofing then Gore-Tex came out on top... how much waterproofability you want is down to you...

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I need it to be completely waterproof as the jacket will also be used for walking, hiking and light mountaineering as well as skiing. I have heard that the eVent material is supposed to be pretty good, but it just pushes the Rab a little over my budget. Lowe use their own 'Triplepoint material' im not sure how good that actually is when it comes to actually using it in the field.

Outdoors magic gave the Lowe Peak Jacket a pretty good reveiw, so i think that with the lower cost might sway me towards the Lowe. Does anybody have any other suggestions to a decent jacket for what i want to use if for for under £120??

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A decent poly cotton waterproofed jacket should do well if you keep it proofed...

or .... SPAM ... look at my jacket for sale in "Buy Sell Exchange"

I have a degre 7 jacket and it is toast. At the MK ski show the other day, a woman on the rosingnol stand asked me to try one of the jackets she had on the rail - i went out on the slope and within 2 runs I was frozen to the bone.

it was meant to be a performance ski jacket - i was shocked

in the army we were always taught to keep layers to minimum - the reason for this is that heat will escape through the layers if they let it and it will soon become too far away from the skin for it to hold warm nearby. so we had to be more sensible about layering - the heat holding layer - probably the outer skin of the jacket can't be too many layers from the skin. another problem with too many layers is water wicking - too many layers will eventually hold your sweat, no matter if they are wicking and breathable - the body heat won't let it evaporate and the water is then trapped - that will make you cold.

so don't be fooled into thinking that you can substitute the real thing and add base layers.

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