Welcome to the Down Jacket website
We’ll guide you through purchasing to caring for a Down Jacket, answering all your questions so that you’ll leave with the perfect product for you. Take a look at our top posts to get you started.
Rab Infinity Jacket
This year’s main addition to the Rab range is their ‘Infinity’ down jacket.
The big difference between this and their other jackets is it uses the latest Pertex Quantum 10d outer and lining. In English, that means it’s both very hard-wearing and extremely light.
It weighs just a little more than their ‘lightweight’ jackets, yet it’s much, much warmer.
Paul Smith Down Jacket
It’s strictly ‘fashion wear’, but we wanted to mention this Paul Smith Down Jacket firstly because it’s such a beautiful colour, and secondly because we were so pleased to see a large fashion brand putting out a jacket with genuine goose down (90% grey goose down, 10% feathers).
Who Invented The Down Jacket?
Down jackets are really a very simple idea: Take the lightest, most waterproof, most cushioned, most protective (too many mosts?) insulation materials in the natural world, and use it to make functional clothes.
The idea is so simple, and so useful, that the American Army changed their rules to allow the inventor to put his company’s logo on their clothing. But imagine coming up with that idea for the first time? And imagine who invented it?
Mountain Hardwear Phantom
The Mountain Hardwear Phantom has fantastic high lofting, super compressing goose down making it one of the best high performing down jackets on the market. It is a really versatile jacket it is really light and will keep really warm doing many activities.
10 Reasons to Buy a Down Jacket
A Down Jacket is a fantastic purchase for anyone, here our top 10 reasons why you should buy one.
- Down Jackets are extremely warm and comfortable as they have excellent natural feather insulation.
- Down Jackets are very light and weigh as little as 425g, compared to most synthetic jackets which weigh more than twice as much (over 1kg).
- Down Jackets can been worn in both winter and summer seasons. » Continue reading “10 Reasons to Buy a Down Jacket”
Berghaus Akka
The Berghaus Akka is a good value down jacket that is ideal for winter walking, urban wear, camping and dog-walking.
North Face Nuptse Jacket
The North Face Nuptse is a classic down jacket. Its features offer high practicality for outdoor pursuits whilst the North Face branding offers style on the streets.
Some of its key features include:
Berghaus Liskamm
The Berghaus Liskamm offers high warmth and protection for winter mountain activities and adventures.
Rab Neutrino Endurance
The Neutrino Endurance is a high-performance down jacket with exceptional warmth to weight ratio. The Neutrino is perfect for lightweight alpinism and mountaineering, yet stylish enough to be seen in on the highstreets of Britain.
