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how is 15oz's light? id rather get a western mountaineering hooded flash jacket for 9oz.
Posted: Jan 06, 2012 hotrod
Finally, a review of a Montbell product. I use a similar Montbell Down Jacket (no hood) that weights 9 oz with 800 fill. Good products!
Posted: Jan 06, 2012 Chuck
Seriously folks? The "inner" type jacket doesn't come with a hood.
Posted: Dec 27, 2011 Steve
She's wearing the women's version that's why the pattern is diamond shaped. She gave specs for the men's version which is vertical lines. I can't wait to try this when it arrives! I have the UL montbell with only 2.5 fill weight and it a great fit and pretty warm, this alpine has almost twice the fill weight so it should be nice and warm. I just don't like the elastic cuffs to cheap for the price their charging, should of had the adjustable Velcro cuff like the cheaper Montbell UL jacket version has ,much better feature.
Posted: Dec 21, 2011 Tracy
I don't see an inner down jacket but maybe two thin base layers.
Posted: Nov 18, 2011 Roger
what a shame that you can not trust the reviewer. Makes it look like the reviewer will receive gratuity
Posted: Nov 01, 2011 Ivan
No, she's not. She's wearing the Alpine Light that she says she's wearing. Check the MontBell website to compare the features.
Posted: Oct 26, 2011 Craig
Too bad on the review of the Alpine Lite Down Jacket the reviewer is wearing actually wearing an Inner Down Jacket!
Posted: Mar 14, 2011 Ashwin
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