For my 5'8” height the arm length is perfect and the jacket back, which is slightly longer than the front, sits at about upper buttock level. The understated features, flashy zips and clever styling make this a very smart and technical looking jacket. It's also proved very useful for belay duty on winter visits to chilly local climbing walls and it recently spent time in a French ski resort and went to Cogne for a few days. I have been using the Neutrino for the last 3 months and so far it has had several outings on Welsh and Scottish mountains as well as being used regularly as a cragging belay jacket in the Peak District.
#Rab neutrino endurance full#
#Rab neutrino endurance zip#
Water resistant zip provides a seal against the wind and spindrift.220g of white goose down with fill power 750 EU 850 US.Pertex Quantum ® inner saves weight and allows improved lofting.The Pertex® Endurance outer provides protection against storm and spindrift while retaining minimal weight and packsize, and high lofting is provided by the 220g of 96% pure white goose down. The Neutrino Endurance is the benchmark down jacket for modern mountaineering and lightweight ascents. The stated weight is 625 grams and my large model weighs just about that - 632 grams including the supplied stuffsack. The jacket I tested was black but it is also available in red, sunset and blue. There's also a wired down filled hood, velcro sleeve closures and velcro hood volume adjuster and fasten back system. The Neutrino has a water resistant main zip, two exterior hand warmer pockets with water resistant zips and a zipped inside pocket. Pertex Quantum is used as a liner because its high breathability aids lofting and at 30 grams per square metre, it's amazingly light. The resulting fabric is highly water resistant (not waterproof), 100% windproof and very breathable. Endurance fabric has an ultra thin breathable membrane that's bonded to a nylon face fabric for abrasion resistance.
The Neutrino contains this down within a Pertex Endurance outer shell and a Pertex Quantum inner. Down of this quality lofts really well allowing more warm air to be trapped between the down resulting in a warmer jacket. It uses 220 grams of 96% goose down (fill power 750 EU/850 US) which puts it at the upper end of the down quality spectrum (top bags tend to use EU 750 – 900 fill power down).
The Neutrino is primarily designed for mountaineering and alpinism. The Neutrino Endurance Jacket is part of that heritage and after several years, it still remains one of Rab's benchmark products. The business went from strength to strength and even though Rab sold it to Equip Outdoor Technologies a few years ago (although he stays involved as a design consultant), the brand remains as strong as ever with innovative products and great customer service. He had spent 6 months learning his trade in Argentina (after an abortive climbing trip to Patagonia) before starting to sew sleeping bags in his Sheffield cellar. Rab Carrington followed a similar route when he started Rab in 1981. Even better, this tradition looks set to continue with young companies like Drew Haigh's fantastic handmade chalkbags (OCD) and established faithfuls like Pete Hutchinson's PHD team still sewing up quality clothing in a converted Stalybridge mill. Mo Anthoine producing Joe Brown helmets in his Nant Peris workshop, Pete O'Donovan sewing up top notch rucksacks in his Sheffield lock up or the Yorkshire boot maker Altberg giving the European manufacturers a run for their money with excellent performance, quality and value. Britain has a rich and varied heritage of home grown kit manufacture.
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