Quote Originally Posted by upsidedown View Post
Its crap. no longer and for some time to a serious contender .Its a fashion house for bar stool climbers . You want the very best waterproof ? then you buy Paramo .
Far to many so called" outdoor companies" are just focused on brand image and cool adverts . The company has been sold more times than a illegal chinese prostitute . Buy it if you think it gives you "cred" but a typical jacket costs less than $40 to make
I know this for a fact as i was married to one of the biggest textile "buyers" in the world and she knows her **** .
For all other stuff. REI is good and i love Mountain Hardwear . Goretex is dead in the water these days .
Also i doubt any jacket other than a Paramo will last more than 2 full seasons

fill your boots if you want to look like a hooker on a mountain, but the real men dont touch the stuff
I would like to respectfully disagree.

Arc'teryx jackets have been in hard-use for more than the last five years throughout the world. I have an arcteryx alpha jacket and its about 4 years old, worn it through thunderstorms, snow storms, amongst other things and not just in and out of the house/car. So far so good, I cannot say I am the only one who feels this way either.

Other companies have good jackets as well.