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Backpacker Magazine – Fall Gear Guide 2009
Gear Review: Rab Latok Alpine Jacket
This '08 Editors' Choice Award winner is still a staff favorite.
Rab Latok Alpine (Courtesy Photo)
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Best All-Purpose
We gave this shell an Editors' Choice Award (April 2008), and a year and a half later it's still the jacket we reach for when we want bomber protection from the elements, big-trip durability, and awesome breathability.
Credit the eVent shell and British designers who clearly know something about bad weather. Bonus: It's light enough that you can carry it year-round. $300; 1 lb.; men's S-XXL, women's 8-16; rab.uk.com
Fall Gear Guide: Hardshells
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I picked up this shell a year ago after backpacker's reviews. I got it for $220. eVent is not just hype. the breathability is more than great. RAB makes the best hoods. It's so versatile - as a winter shell over insulation or as a summer rain coat.
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