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Synthetic insulated jacket (belay parka) 12-Apr-2011 At 10:11:39 PM james

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get a bigger size than usual for synth belay jacket. Bigger size means it goes on top of your climbing shell.
I have a Mtn Hardwear Voodoo & it was good for 4 years of climbing & b-c skiing in the Canadian Rockies.
Not sure the tech spec's (it was a touch thicker/puffier than the OR Chaos though), no doubt you can find them. IMO you are splitting hairs comparing 100 or 150g or whatever fill. For practical purposes if its -15 or colder, you have to keep moving to stay warm no matter what you are wearing. If you are belaying ice climbing, moving means stamping feet, swinging your arms, wriggling toes constantly. Same thing goes sitting on a ski lift in -25, wriggle toes, clap hands, do everything to move anything you can to keep blood flowing.

I climbed in -20 (once), but -15 max day time temps were pretty normal for in town (valley bottom). It was always colder up higher skiing on cold days - I usually went bc skiing on cold days (sunny aspects).
Voodoo jacket was great, & I have no doubt it wil last for many more years.