Rab Rain Jacket Review

With its lightweight features all day protection and peerless packability the phantom pull on is the ultimate stash and forget waterproof shell for stripped back mountain runners.

Rab rain jacket review.

Rugged protective and reliable khroma is for those who love the up as much as the down. And it doesn t give you that puffed up look like so many similar down jackets. Our phantom pull on shell uses waterproof two layer construction with ta. The rab microlight alpine is one of the very best down hoodies in our review combining superior water resistance features with notable warmth in a relatively light package.

Over the last four or so years rab has been on top of the technical fabric world churning out shell after category smashing shell. The rab downpour is a thin raincoat made of 100 polyamide with polyurethane laminate on ripstop fabric with fully taped seams. After decades crafting clothing for mountaineers and alpinists khroma is rab s dedicated ski specific range. The rab microlight alpine jacket features an impressive level of hydrophobic down which is specially treated to repel water like magic.

It is heavier than some competition but is built for the wet and truly cold parts of this world. It fit better than most jackets we tried offering fantastic freedom of movement combined with the ability to layer over or underneath it. It s a great option for most backpackers hikers climbers and trail runners who are likely to carry their rain jacket in their pack the majority of the time. Rab are at the forefront of practical technically advanced outdoors gear and in the valiance jacket they ve released one of the most impressive and effective heavy duty winter options on the market right now.

That streak continues with the phantom which as the lightest waterproof breathable shell on the market has the weight of a trashbag poncho the rain protection of a hardshell and yet somehow the airy feel of a softshell. It has two hand pockets that are located a little higher up for a backpack waist belt and packs into its own left pocket though it s a pretty tight squeeze. From the very early days of rab our founder rab carrington was an advocate of new fabric technologies and continually searching for new fabrics to make more packable and lightweight waterproof jackets while making sure they remain functional for mountain environments.