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Is the Munro a ski jacket?
I suspect the answer will initially be no, but if so can anyone explain the differences between very expensive Ski Jackets and the Munro.
I am after a jacket for the use in the UK for general purpose/walking use that has the potential to be also used on the three ski trips I am planning.
Is the Munro more a waterproof jacket?
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| micksup wrote: |
| ...can anyone explain the differences between very expensive Ski Jackets and the Munro. |
That's easy. About £200 
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ao marc gledhill, that good then  if so done deal.
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The difference is that Keela tend to sell in bulk to performance conscious rescue services etc. whilst many of the others tend to sell to fashion conscious individuals.
Double seemed, adjustable wired hood and erm... Powder skirt: what would you want of a ski jacket that the Munro doesn't have? 
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Keela Munro sounds like a Page 3 Girl.
There is a 13 page thread on Keeley from Bromley on one of the football forums.
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keelamick, you know, it might just work. 
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spyderjon, 
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Is the Munro a ski jacket
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Yes, 3 trips in mine this year and walked the Beacons Way in it in Late October too. Its a shell, best suited to winter work being quite heavy as a walking coat. The fabric remains breathable even when wet (cf Goretex), and it has a texture that wont slip on snow if you fall on piste. Look at the previous thread. Sizing is quite generous. I'm 42-44 and Large gives plenty of space for a sizeable fleece underneath.
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| micksup wrote: |
Is the Munro a ski jacket?
I suspect the answer will initially be no, but if so can anyone explain the differences between very expensive Ski Jackets and the Munro.
I am after a jacket for the use in the UK for general purpose/walking use that has the potential to be also used on the three ski trips I am planning.
Is the Munro more a waterproof jacket?
Thanks |
Sorry to resurrect a necrothread, but after hearing so much about the Munro, and then finding one at £50, thought I'd take a punt.
Most sellers describe the Munro as having "generous" sizing and indeed as I usually take an XL I plumped for this large jacket.
Great! Now it fits fine, extra generosity in the sleeve diameters, the torso portion, smiled contentedly when I saw the zip in and out snow skirt, and then slipped it on and zipped it all up and this is where the butt hurt begins.
If you zip it up to the top, then it sits in an odd position tilting your head back, but with the neck baffle too narrow to get your chin comfortably in and wear a hat/helmet.
OK, so now try and put the hood up........nope...can't....ya gotta undo the zip to about bottom of neck and then put the hood up and then rezip up.
Room inside for a helmet? Nope, and the hood shape and geometry is odd as well and the wired peak is nigh on ineffectual.
All of the above are with the adjustments at their loosest
Now is the jacket design at fault or should I have stuck to an XL?
For both skiing and climbing purposes, the size of the hood and the inability to get a helmet in, the Keela Munro is a no go:(
How the Mountain Rescue guys get on with the helmet thang is beyond me
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Ratae Corieltauvorum, m8 - take the coat hanger out and try again.
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You know it makes sense.
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| RattytheSnowRat wrote: |
| Ratae Corieltauvorum, m8 - take the coat hanger out and try again. |
I already took the previous owner out
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Ratae Corieltauvorum, seriously tho, if you want to get rid of it - I'll take it off your hands. I'm def an XL and I don't wear a helmet so it's not an issue for me. If not can you point me in the direction you sourced it?
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Poster: A snowHead
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I'm happy to sell it on to you Ratty, but I'm a definite XL and hence the snugness. I think we'd really need to stick with XL?
I'm 6' with around 44-46 chest and widish shoulders and if I didn't want to use it fully zipped up I'd be good.
I'd have loved it to have fitted how I liked, because everything else that people say about the jacket is about right, it feels well made and is tough in all the bits that I normally feck up.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Why would you put a hood over your helmet for skiing? Bonkers idea, unless you are on the coldest lift on earth. Is the hood removable? If not, just don't use it.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Mistress Panda wrote: |
| Why would you put a hood over your helmet for skiing? Bonkers idea, unless you are on the coldest lift on earth. Is the hood removable? If not, just don't use it. |
Girl mentality 
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| Mistress Panda wrote: |
| Why would you put a hood over your helmet for skiing? Bonkers idea |
Fair weather skiier, eh?
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Mistress Panda, stops the snow going down your neck when you are hucking cliffs (or two foot mounds of snow) less than perfectly 
Ratae Corieltauvorum, you just described me more or less. I need to lose a bit on the ol' waistline so I'm happy to risk it if you are - what colour is it, BTW? I used to have a very early style Gortex jacket back in the day that had, more or less, the same issues you are describing (no way a helmet would have fitted under the hood) so I'm used to working within the limitations described. The zip/hood up issue is particularly familiar.
I'm in London if that's of any use. Otherwise how do you want to do this?
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RattytheSnowRat,
It's an all black'un, Large, and bought by the last owner in March 2012, you do PayPal?
Drop us an email on s.r.dugganatgmaildotcom
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Errrrr, sort of. Paypal started playing up yesterday and is making me jump through all sorts of hoops becasue the reckoned some of my small legitimate purchases were dodgy. I've now just got to do some sort of auto 'phone response thingy but I have to be at home to do it - very annoying. I'll try to fix it this evening.
e-mail to follow, black's good.
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Ratae Corieltauvorum, helmet compatible hoods have only really started appearing in the last 2/3 years so if your Keela is more than a few years old it then the hood was probably never designed to go over a helmet.
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| spyderjon wrote: |
| Ratae Corieltauvorum, helmet compatible hoods have only really started appearing in the last 2/3 years so if your Keela is more than a few years old it then the hood was probably never designed to go over a helmet. |
Jon, on technical mountain jackets they've been around for longer than a few years, and Keela tend to lend themselves to the stone mountain more than the snowy one
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