1/30/2024 0 Comments Neutrino plus down jacket![]() ![]() ![]() You do not need to contact us to notify us of your return unless the item is faulty or is outside of our 30-day policy.Goods may be returned for a refund within 30 days of receipt.Please note that it is your responsibility to pay for the return postage costs, no postage costs are refundable.If you wish to exchange an item for any reason, please place a new order for the items that you want.Any items returned will be refunded unless faulty or shipped in error.We will e-mail you once your return has been processed. This may take slightly longer at busy times of the year. We aim to process all returns within 72 hours.Goods should be returned in new condition, unused and with their original undamaged packaging.In the event that your purchase is not suitable, for whatever reason, you have the right to return it to us.I would prefer a regular zipper as the Aquaguard zipper is a little stiff to open and close. This makes the Aquaguard waterproof zippers on the handwarmer pockets seem like overkill. In those types of conditions one is probably not going to encounter much liquid water and certainly not liquid precipitation or even wet snow. Rab clearly clearly designed and built this jacket for use in pretty cold temperatures, well below freezing kind of temperatures. I find that if I don't want the hood up (usually for better hearing) I can just zip the jacket up all the way and the hood nestles the back of my neck nicely. There's also a velcro flap inside the jacket that lets you roll the hood into a collar. I have yet to find it particularly useful. I imagine this is for keeping the jacket snug around your hips when you've opened the zipper to use a belay device. At the bottom of the main zipper is a small snap. There isn't anything I really don't like about the Neutrino Plus, but there are a few features that I find unnecessary. I think I still prefer the big drop-in mesh pockets like you might find on Patagonia's DAS Parka for that job. They're also the only good place in this jacket to make wet gloves less wet. This makes these pockets a good place to warm up a cold fuel canister, or your hands. What I mean here is that while the pocket opening is on the outside of the jacket, anything you stick in there goes between the lining of the jacket and the down. The pockets are also inside the insulation. 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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