Gear Review: Rab Latok Alpine Jacket

This '08 Editors' Choice Award winner is still a staff favorite.

Updated Jul 1, 2025

Testers Berne Broudy, Steve Brown, James Clark, Shannon Davis, Jonathan Dorn, Kristin Hostetter, Dennis Lewom, Molly Loomis, Annette McGivney, Jeff Purton, Kris Wagner, Jeff Wilhelm

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

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