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Top 5 down Jackets 2018 16/01/2018

Top 5 Outdoor Down Jackets 2018

When the temperature drops, a down jacket is a great piece of kit. Whether you’re out on the fells, sat on a belay ledge on a Scottish winter classic or dashing about town through the week, a down jacket will give you the warmth and protection you need from the bitter cold temperatures we experience in winter. What makes down so great is its formidible warmth to weight ratio and it’s ability to pack down small enough so that it is hardly noticable within your rucksack. Most modern jackets built... Read More

Down Insulation Advice 10/11/2017

Turn that Frown Upside DOWN

It happens every year.  The days yield to the night, the sun, exhausted by its Summer efforts, reclines lower in the sky, and the temperature drops as heat rescinds to return with the leaves.  All part of the celestial rhythm, as old as time itself. And yet, we forget until we emerge one morning to see the ground dusted with frost, and our breath condensing in horror on the air’s chill, that we may need a warm jacket. Cue the usual mad scramble! We think the best way to do... Read More

Two Hours in a Freezer with a Climber and an Ultra Runner

Have you ever wondered how outdoor kit is tested? Recently I was lucky enough to be invited to witness the testing of some Montane down and synthetic down insulation pieces at Northumbria University.         Montane had arranged for Montane athletes, Andy Kirkpatrick and Marcus Scotney to attend the cold chamber in the sports science department at Northumbria University. First the athletes needed to be wired and probed. Temperature monitors were taped to the outside of the jackets, to the athletes bicep under the jacket and inserted into... Read More