First Lite
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Manufacturer list price (MSRP)
$350.00
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A jacket built to be highly versatile, with an ethos of “less kit, more performance, ” the Uncompahgre Foundry delivers a completely weatherproof, highly durable, insulated jacket that fills multiple western hunting kit needs in a singular garment. This jacket covers all the bases as a rain shell, insulated puffy, and brush jacket all in one.
Against every one of the insulated jackets in the RidgeNote register with a published figure. Manufacturer-listed; sources and dates are on this page.
The lightest of the insulated jackets on record is Zpacks Down Jacket at 6.1 oz — 804 g less for $25.00 more.
The cheapest is Katabatic Gear Tarn Down Jacket (Men's) at $279.00 — $71.00 less.
Side by side on weight, list price and cost per ounce.
What fill power measures, why the 900-fill Rab Mythic Ultra weighs almost twice as much as the 800-fill Outdoor Research Helium, and how to choose between down and synthetic. A comparison of published maker specs for seven insulated jackets.
Winter warmth comes from a system: stacked pads, insulation that copes with damp, a regulated stove and traction, built from products in our catalogue.
Manufacturer list price (MSRP)
$350.00