Comments on: Stay Dry: REI Ultra Light Jacket http://matadornetwork.com/goods/stay-dry-rei-ultra-light-jacket/ travel culture worldwide Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hal http://matadornetwork.com/goods/stay-dry-rei-ultra-light-jacket/#comment-64743 Hal Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:45:30 +0000 http://matadorgoods.com/?p=1486#comment-64743 $80 for this baby would be a steal! Wish I were in the market for one. $80 for this baby would be a steal! Wish I were in the market for one.

]]> By: Madison http://matadornetwork.com/goods/stay-dry-rei-ultra-light-jacket/#comment-64737 Madison Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:48:24 +0000 http://matadorgoods.com/?p=1486#comment-64737 Austin, I'm loving your gear reviews here lately! Very informative and useful for my camping trips that I have coming up. Austin, I’m loving your gear reviews here lately! Very informative and useful for my camping trips that I have coming up.

]]> By: Ross Williams http://matadornetwork.com/goods/stay-dry-rei-ultra-light-jacket/#comment-64731 Ross Williams Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:28:11 +0000 http://matadorgoods.com/?p=1486#comment-64731 Very bad call. Is this site just a shill for REI? 17oz is nowhere near ultra light, and a 2.5 layer fabric isn't as durable. The DWR also aren't the most breathable fabric. Pasting the product description from REI to make up the bulk of the post is also poor form. Some alternatives to this jacket would be Patagonia Rainshadow $150 13oz better dwr Golite Virga $80 7.8oz - less features though Integral Designs eVent Jacket $240 9oz - hands down best fabric out there today Montbell Particle $100 11oz - more durable fabric These are just a small sample. A proper gear article on rain jackets should recognize that people have different needs and different abilities to pay. If you really want to be informative, you should discuss how to measure breathability and what independent labs have found. I gave you a pass on the poorly recommended REI tent, but I'm done being lenient. Very bad call. Is this site just a shill for REI? 17oz is nowhere near ultra light, and a 2.5 layer fabric isn’t as durable. The DWR also aren’t the most breathable fabric. Pasting the product description from REI to make up the bulk of the post is also poor form.

Some alternatives to this jacket would be
Patagonia Rainshadow $150 13oz better dwr
Golite Virga $80 7.8oz – less features though
Integral Designs eVent Jacket $240 9oz – hands down best fabric out there today
Montbell Particle $100 11oz – more durable fabric

These are just a small sample. A proper gear article on rain jackets should recognize that people have different needs and different abilities to pay. If you really want to be informative, you should discuss how to measure breathability and what independent labs have found.

I gave you a pass on the poorly recommended REI tent, but I’m done being lenient.

]]> By: Turner http://matadornetwork.com/goods/stay-dry-rei-ultra-light-jacket/#comment-64726 Turner Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:06:21 +0000 http://matadorgoods.com/?p=1486#comment-64726 I would tend to trust the opinion of someone wearing this jacket across fifty states - good call. I would tend to trust the opinion of someone wearing this jacket across fifty states – good call.

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