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Synthetic insulated jacket (belay parka) 13-Apr-2011 At 12:15:43 AM brendan

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my recomendation dont spend over $200/$250 on a belay jacket, the thing will get destroyed from ice axes/screws and it will lose its loft faster then a down jacket.

On 12/04/2011 Mike Bee wrote:
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>Check out the Rab Photon Belay Jacket. 200gsm in the body, lighter fill
>in the arms and hood, and a very water resistant outer fabric. This is
>what I have, and I really like it. Don't buy a belay jacket without a hood
>that fits over your helmet, you'll spend a lot of time regretting it.
>
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>Anyone who stocks Rab should be able to order it in for you, even if they
>don't stock it. Something with that much fill and the good outer fabric
>isn't cheap, from memory, the Rab belay jacket retails around $450 in Oz,
>but I love it. Highly recommended.

this looks like a great jacket, but $450? really