The outside handwarmer pockets are big, easily big enough to fit a one liter bottle. I wouldn't buy a big belay jacket without this feature. This is a small detail but makes a big difference in actual climbing applications. The jacket can be down around your hips keeping you warm and not interfering with your belay device at all. This means that the zipper has two sliders and when you put the jacket on and zip it up all the way, you can reach down and zip the lower slider up allowing the jacket to open up at the bottom. The zipper is a two way separating zipper. The hood works well over a helmet but also adjusts nicely for when you're not wearing a helmet. I didn't think much of this feature at first but I've come to believe that my core is kept a lot warmer by it. It keeps my hips nice and toasty and even when reaching there are no nasty drafts. This jacket has a nice long cut in the torso, and it's even a little longer in back. Other than that the features on the Plus and Endurance jackets are almost identical.īeing a skinny guy with long arms, I've come to appreciate the way that Rab cuts their outerwear. This makes it a little lighter and cheaper, but also a little less warm. Rab's Neutrino Endurance Jacket has less down and sewn-through construction. The North Face Nuptse jacket is a classic example of sewn-through construction. Baffled or box-wall construction, like a sleeping bag, makes it warmer than a jacket that's sewn through but otherwise similar. Rab says that in a size large the jacket weighs 27.7oz (785g) and has 9.7oz (275g) of 800 fill down. I'm glad to have this jacket with me when NOAA has the daytime highs from 0 to 15 F (or colder). I've even worn it while moving on a few particularly cold summit days. I've been using the Rab Neutrino Plus jacket for winter mountaineering trips and as a belay jacket for cold days in Lee Vining Canyon for the last year, probably for about 25 or 30 days total.
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