Rab Electron Down Jacket Review

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Rab electron down jacket review.

The rab electron down jacket fends off cold wet weather so you continue climbing all year long. 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. Through using 1 3 rd more down than its micro equivalent 50g along with a higher grade the warmth value is noticeable. 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 rab electron sits in the sweet spot between micro baffle and full on expedition jacket. It may have a rather plain run of the mill look but deeply embedded into its design is a technology that is best suited for the world s greatest adventurers. Rab electron jacket mountain climbers trekkers hikers and even campers have a lot of things to be thankful about the rab electron jacket. 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.

The electron excels on winter ice climbs summer alpine endeavors and shoulder season multipitches. The electron jacket is designed for cold weather climbing and mountain use however with high levels of comfort and packability it is suitable for day to day winter use. 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. Rab electron jacket the fill.

With its zoned baffles high loft goose down and ascent ready feature set our electron pro jacket makes mountain grade warmth and protection packable portable and flexible. Rab uses ethical responsibly sourced down from europe. When we properly dunked and soaked the alpkit jacket our conclusion was that the down. As part of our ascent range the electron pro jacket is designed for winter insulation alpine climbing and year round mountain use.