Altura Phase 300 v Altura Nevis v Gill Exodus

All of the jackets on the subject line look pretty good to me, all are
around £50 at the moment. Who has experience of any of them ? Can any be
recommended ?

M

MSeries opined the following...
All of the jackets on the subject line look pretty good to me, all are
around =A350 at the moment. Who has experience of any of them ? Can any b=
e
recommended ?

I have personal experience of the NevisLite and a friend has the Nevis.=20
The NL has been pretty good and has kept me dry (Well, has kept the rain=20
out) all winter. ISTR that the Nevis has "pit-zips" which might make=20
cooling down easier. The Nevis is also probably more suitable for=20
general use, the NL is nothing more than a Waterproof / windproof shell.

A relatively recent discovery was that the NL packs down into its rear=20
pocket which definately makes carrying it easier.

Jon

Jon Senior wrote:
MSeries opined the following...
All of the jackets on the subject line look pretty good to me, all
are around £50 at the moment. Who has experience of any of them ?
Can any be recommended ?

I have personal experience of the NevisLite and a friend has the
Nevis. The NL has been pretty good and has kept me dry (Well, has
kept the rain out) all winter. ISTR that the Nevis has "pit-zips"
which might make cooling down easier. The Nevis is also probably more
suitable for general use, the NL is nothing more than a Waterproof /
windproof shell.

A relatively recent discovery was that the NL packs down into its rear
pocket which definately makes carrying it easier.

My Nevis does the same thing. I can't work out how though (never been good
at folding clothes). I'm not entirely sure it's worth buying one at this
time of year though - I went out in mine today and was roasted due to the
fact that it doesn't let any wind through.

On 25/5/04 10:04 pm, in article , "MSeries"
wrote:

All of the jackets on the subject line look pretty good to me, all are
around £50 at the moment. Who has experience of any of them ? Can any be
recommended ?

I have a Nevis and it is very good. The only gripe is that the zip is a bit
flimsy and easy to misalign. It can also come undone from the bottom very
easily.

This was last years model though.

Otherwise it is an excellent jacket. Well worth the money.

...d

in message , MSeries
') wrote:

All of the jackets on the subject line look pretty good to me, all are
around £50 at the moment. Who has experience of any of them ? Can any
be recommended ?

I have an Altura Nevis. It's a good jacket - waterproof but easy to
wear, with good armpit zips, nice long tail, nice detailing. It's not
one of these ultra light ultra packable things - I'd believe it will
pack into it's own back pocket, but it's back pocket is pretty large.
It certainly doesn't take up too much room in my bar bag. I've had it a
year and it's good as new; it seems quite durable. I'd buy another.

--
(Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; in faecibus sapiens rheum propagabit

Doki wrote:

My Nevis does the same thing. I can't work out how though (never been
good at folding clothes). I'm not entirely sure it's worth buying one
at this time of year though - I went out in mine today and was
roasted due to the fact that it doesn't let any wind through.

No, but if I can get a £100 jacket for £50[*] at this time of year it is
worth buying it and putting it away for next year.
[*] of the three I mentioned only the Nevis has been mentioned in replies
and this is the only one not discounted ATM !

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from "MSeries" contains these words:

Doki wrote:

My Nevis does the same thing. I can't work out how though (never been
good at folding clothes). I'm not entirely sure it's worth buying one
at this time of year though - I went out in mine today and was
roasted due to the fact that it doesn't let any wind through.

No, but if I can get a £100 jacket for £50[*] at this time of year it is
worth buying it and putting it away for next year.

[*] of the three I mentioned only the Nevis has been mentioned in replies
and this is the only one not discounted ATM !

I have a Phase 400 which is a much lighter jacket than my partners Nevis
and I'm very pleased with it. It's the sort of waterproof I can keep on
all day when the temps below 10 deg C and it's raining on and off. Only
fault is that I would have prefered a proper pocket to the mesh ones the
contents of which get sweaty.

Don't know if it's anything like the 300 though!

Nik

MSeries opined the following...
No, but if I can get a =A3100 jacket for =A350[*] at this time of year it=
is
worth buying it and putting it away for next year.
=20
[*] of the three I mentioned only the Nevis has been mentioned in replies
and this is the only one not discounted ATM !

Which is probably why we all own one, and not one of the more expensive=20
types!

Try them on. Which one(s) do you find comfortable? Do you have any=20
reason to doubt that any are waterproof? Which one do you like the=20
colour of?

Jon

MSeries wrote:
Doki wrote:

My Nevis does the same thing. I can't work out how though (never been
good at folding clothes). I'm not entirely sure it's worth buying one
at this time of year though - I went out in mine today and was
roasted due to the fact that it doesn't let any wind through.

No, but if I can get a £100 jacket for £50[*] at this time of year it
is worth buying it and putting it away for next year.

[*] of the three I mentioned only the Nevis has been mentioned in
replies and this is the only one not discounted ATM !

The Nevis is normally £100? I got mine for £50. APWT...

"Doki" wrote in message
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The Nevis is normally £100? I got mine for £50. APWT...



No but the others I mentioned were substantially (for me anyway) more than
£50 and are now available for around £50.