Rab Electron Down Jacket Review

One person found this helpful.

Rab electron down jacket review. Rab electron jacket mountain climbers trekkers hikers and even campers have a lot of things to be thankful about the rab electron jacket. Also it s very lightweight and the down is hydrophobic so still retains warmth when wet. This lightweight jacket provides the insulation of a large down jacket. 5 0 out of 5 stars.

The rab electron hooded jacket fits her perfectly in xs 5 2 athletic climber build keeps her warm fits under her arc teryx shell and is durable enough to act as a stand alone jacket. A benefit of the electron is that you can still squeeze it under a rain shell when the weather turns bad whereas the neutrino pro would be too. The electron uses high lofting 800 fill power european goose down which is impressive in itself but like the alpkit filoment and the berghaus ramche 2 0 it s nikwax hydrophobic down a pfc free treatment that s claimed to resist water for a mammoth 16 hours. Looked at the rab microlight but it wasn t warm enough for cold winter weather.

5 out of 5. The electron jacket is a mid weight technical down jacket with a water resistant pertex outer shell designed for year round climbing and mountain use. Penzy dinsdale 20 august 2020 20 aug 20. When we properly dunked and soaked the alpkit jacket our conclusion was that the down.

It s very very warm typically i just wear a t shirt underneath. 5 star 100. I have worn this with just a tshirt underneath in this cold weather spell we have just had with not a problem. It also packs down nicely in it s own bag and can be easily clipped to the back of her harness while ice climbing.

New for autumn winter 15 the electron is designed with a stitch through construction throughout with varying size baffles to help reduce bulk in key areas and to help eliminate cold spots. 549 500g m 470g w reviewed by. The rab electron men s and women s is perfect for those situations in which a lightweight down jacket isn t going to cut it but something like the rab neutrino endurance would be overkill. Then came the rab electron pefect jacket just what i was looking for.

Rab electron down jacket. When my highlighter pink jacket was stolen several years ago i was pretty sure that i d never find its equal. Rab electron jacket the fill.