Rab Microlight Alpine Down Jacket Review

The rab microlight alpine is an excellent pick if you need something for light use in wet weather.

Rab microlight alpine down jacket review. The differences between the old and new rab microlight alpine down jacket are the added zippers on the hand warmer pockets which i definitely prefer as well. The microlight is a moderately priced down jacket. The microlight alpine is also offered as a hood less jacket which is called the rab microlight jacket. For general use save some dosh and opt for the standard microlight alpine jacket but for more technical users we reckon the summit is worth the premium and while rab stress that it s best for climbing and.

I was in need for an insulation layer warm jacket and the guy at the store had that new jacket from rab last year s model and some other more expensive options. It has just about everything we look for in a quality down jacket decent warmth compressibility relative lightweight and comfortable fit while pulling off the best combination of weather resistant technologies. Rab microlight summit jacket review. The rab microlight alpine hoody is a superb all around down jacket.

Anyway this is the same jacket and is excellent if you want a hood less down jacket with the same specs. Apparently the alpine implies a hood.