Montane Mens Pacplus Jacket RRP £220

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With a perfect balance of features, it provides the versatility needed for a day in the hills, ensuring both functionality and comfort.

Nikwax treatments will not change the look or feel of the fabric and they are all water based, environmentally safe, non-flammable and contain no nasty Fluorocarbons. Your feedback is important to us, your review about this product will be revised by our experts and will be published within 5 working days.Making use of Gore's new PFC-free technology, this is an interesting lightweight mountain shell, says Dan Bailey - and one that treads that bit lighter on the planet, too. Another great feature I found was the 2 big map/hand pockets, they were mesh lined so by opening these 2 pockets it allowed even more ventilation and helped keep me from overheating too much. My one minor moan is how loud the fabric is, something I've noticed more with the trousers than the jacket. Designed for mountain walking and long-distance trekking alike, the Pac Plus Jacket employs waterproof GORE-TEX Paclite Plus technology, upgraded with a more comfortable dry-touch backer. There’s ample length in the sleeves and the cuffs don’t end up halfway up your forearms when you artiuclate you arms, so there’s little risk of your wrists being exposed to the elements when you need to extend your arms.

Designed for mountain walking and long-distance trekking alike, the Pac Plus waterproof Jacket employs waterproof GORE-TEX Paclite Plus technology, upgraded with a more comfortable dry-touch backer. Upon reaching the top of Jacks Rake and breaking out into the open I was rewarded with a break from the rain.

RET (Resistance to Evaporative Heat Transfer) tells you the resistance a material has to water vapour passing through it. The Pac Plus XT is actually an evolution of the Montane Pac Plus jacket, which was released in 2020.

With a 40 denier face fabric combined with a Gore-Tex Paclite® Plus membrane this XT Jacket is a beefed up version of the Pac Plus ideal for more variable winter weather. The Pac Plus XT Jacket uses a Gore-Tex Paclite Plus fabric with a 40-denier nylon face, which is completely recycled. tall, not skinny, and with a pretty chunky set of pins, I tend to take a size Large top and bottoms; but in this case I was lost in L, and had to go down to Medium - not something I did with the jacket. Designed for mountain walking and long-distance trekking alike, the Pac Plus Jacket employs waterproof GORE-TEX Paclite® Plus technology, upgraded with a more comfortable dry-touch backer.

We may be able to arrange for a repair to be carried out at your cost, so please contact us for further details if you would like to use this service. As a set that'll cover you for a variety of activities (not running perhaps) and a good range of seasonal weather (except the very worst of winter), the Pac Plus XT would be a great choice. These stretchy polymers are able to stretch and move with the fabric so they stay put for longer and work better.

Though they're designed, say Montane, for 'fast and light mountain activities' the Pac Plus XT trousers are thicker and more robust than the jacket, perhaps reflecting the extra abrasion that legwear tends to get when climbing or scrambling. The newer recycled Paclite Plus aims to continue this tradition, making it excellent for backup shell jackets that mainly live in a rucksack until the heavens open and you dive for cover. Admittedly, it’s 25g or so heavier than the original Pac Plus, but we think the tougher fabric and the addition of pit zips are well worth the slight weight increase. Thinner than any of my full-blown winter mountain shells, but beefier than summer or running-oriented lightweights, the fabric strikes a good compromise for a shell that you could happily wear year-round, in a variety of settings from walking to climbing, but one that's also light enough to pack just in case without paying too much of a weight/bulk penalty.

Ourea Events is a member of 1% for the Planet - find out more about how 1% of our total sales are donated to environmental organisations involved with the conservation and protection of the mountains each year. Montane have engineered the Pac Plus to use one of the pockets as a stuff pack and it can be pressed down to 25 cm x 18cm x 10cm (according to my measurements). Long arms stop it from leaving a gap between your jacket and gloves, nothing worse than cold/wet wrists. Once confirmation of warranty confirmed, we will replace the item free of charge or offer a full refund. Modern DWR treatments may be less environmentally damaging than those of yesteryear, but experience shows that they're not particularly long-lasting.