This durable layer provides supreme waterproofing, which will make sure that you will always stay dry in light or heavy rain. There's a wired peak (de rigeur), a roll-away Velcro tab and full-face fleecy internal chin guard, much larger than those on the rival jackets. The Dualiity Jacket is the ideal solution for cold weather outdoor activities when one jacket has to do the job. This is a really great jacket that works from autumn right through to spring, and I have no regrets in having bought it, so much so that I bought the matching Duality gloves (which are also brilliant).

It's not a major problem, but when worn over several layers I find them slightly close-fitting when bending the elbow. Walkers are often urged to carry spare warm clothing just in case, and in an emergency there'd be nothing better than a big duvet that you can just shove on over everything else. I can warm my hands fine in the Montane's more harness-friendly pockets, I don't think their being placed higher hampers hand warming at all. For general winter hillwalking it's a decent hood, and certainly keeps the weather out; but it's not brilliant for helmet wearers. Montane is a member of the Fair Wear Foundation, ensuring that our values, policies, and standards are understood and adhered to in the factories who manufacture our goods.This lightweight, packable shell is engineered with GORE-TEX Performance Technology, making it waterproof, windproof, and highly breathable. Designed to be worn on the go in a range of conditions, these midweight synthetic insulated jackets are each a good breathable choice for hillwalkers, climbers and mountaineers, says John McKenna. There’s a fully adjustable roll away hood which is insulated for keeping your neck and head warm when the wind picks up while the two zipped hand pockets are excellent for keeping your hands warm or safely stashing your essentials close by.

GORE-TEX - Garments engineered with GORE-TEX fabrics are durably waterproof and windproof, combined with optimised breathability.Though the three jackets are a similar weight I feel (marginally) warmest and best protected from the elements in the Fitzroy. For me at least, the whole hood has to rise to accommodate it - so much so that with the zip fully sealed the lower face is covered right up to the nose. Two hand pockets and a external picket keep your essentials organised and the hook and loop adjustable cuffs and adjustable hem help to seal in the warmth.

Designed to be waterproof, windproof and breathable, the jacket features a GORE-TEX® outer with a high Hydrostatic head waterproof rating of 28,000mm combined with fully taped seams, you’ll be kept dry when faced with heavy downpours on your outdoor adventures. The three jackets on test here aren't meant to be stand-alone insulation pieces for real arctic cold (minus double digits, say), but are best treated as a lightweight, low-bulk warmth booster to slip over a few other layers. Storage wise you've got two hand pockets and an external chest pocket all with YKK Aquaguard Zips, more than enough to stash your keys, phone, and map. Classic Mountain outer layers are cut slightly larger in the upper body to allow for bulkier winter layering underneath. This lightweight, packable jacket is made with PERTEX® SHIELD fabric and has added stretch so it moves with you.It’s Montane’s mountain fit so is slim fitting and cut really well for when you are walking / scrambling etc. Fabric: According to Rab's designers the lightweight, packable Pertex Endurance outer 'has a light coating making it water proof to 1000mm, but still breathable.

Thought it unlikely that an old design using primitive fabrics by a small British company would be a good option. As with the Rab, when worn over several layers I find the sleeves a teensy bit close-feeling when bending the elbow. Outside the winter season this is probably a bonus, and especially so if you're going to be wearing it on the move when hillwalking.

Update NRW has just sent us this revised version of their original statement: We know our visitor centres are a much-loved resource among locals and visitors from further afield and. Any time you put it on, the fleece catches and drags up your sweatshirt’s sleeves, and the sleeve cuffs of the fleece always ended up sticking out of the waterproof’s cuffs.