Men's Nilas™ Jacket

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The absolute pinnacle of modern, lightweight insulation. Designed for speed-alpinist Ueli Steck with super-warm 850-fill down and an extremely lightweight version of our revolutionary AirShield™ Elite fabric.

Features

Baffle construction for maximum loft and warmth

One-handed hood and hem drawcords for quick fit adjustments

Low profile, insulated hood

Two front handwarmer pockets

Two internal stash pockets, sized to fit water bottles

Soft, "Butter Jersey" cuffs

Micro-Chamois™-lined chin guard eliminates zipper chafe

Stuff sack included

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The Basics

This jacket was designed and developed with our lead athlete with 15 denier AirShield Elite fabric and 850 fill down for lightweight warmth and protection.

Weight 1 lb. 6 oz. / 631 g.
Center Back Length 30 " / 76 cm

Technologies

Materials

Body Airshield™ Elite 15D Ripstop
Insulation 850 Fill Power 90/10 Goose (down) minimum cluster 90%)

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Overall 5 out of 5

Surprisingly Warm. Crazy Light.

May 5, 2012
ByChrisVfromWashington, DC
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5 / 5

Sweet, Sweet Nilas

PostedMay 6, 2012

Calder

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5 / 5

After 10 years I finally decided to upgrade my nearly destroyed, recently hood-less and finally mostly nylon Sub-zero Parka. My Nilas arrived just in time for me to take it to Kahiltna International Airport, where I used and abused it for a week.

The Nilas was everything I wanted in a down jacket. It was plenty light enough to keep in the pack and fit perfectly over my jacket at belays. The hood fit comfortably over my helmet and the sleeves were plenty long enough. The shell repelled moisture perfectly and it even survived a few direct hits with falling ice. No tears, nicks or cuts, and I'm not the most careful with my gear.

This is a perfect on route, alpine jacket. In camp though, I found myself often going for a chest pocket that wasn't there, and wishing for fleece lined pockets. Still, even without these nice-ities, this is the best puffy I've ever owned.

I would recommend this product.

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5 / 5

Surprisingly Warm. Crazy Light.

PostedMay 5, 2012

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Wearing the Nilas at Camp (10'300 on Casaval Ridge)

When I first got this jacket, I was skeptical that it would be warm enough for extreme conditions given that it is insanely light and not very bulky. I was pleasantly surprised! In fact, I'm guessing this jacket would put up a good fight next to an Absolute Zero.

TESTING:
I used this jacket on a cold & windy ascent of Mt. Shasta's Casaval Ridge in April 2012. It was pretty cold - I would guess sub zero with the wind chill. Winds were reported by NWS to be ~40mph, gusting to 80-85mph+ (which felt about right). I was wearing a Capilene 3 base layer and Mountain Hardware's Densa Hoody (which I also love).

WHY I LOVE THIS JACKET:

1. It's super warm. You'll doubt this given that the jacket feels too light & thin to pack much warmth, but it does. I would throw this on during a rest break and at camp - and would immediately warm up.

2. It's crazy light. It's hard to describe, but it just feels like it's going to float away (in a good way). You hardly know it's there.

3. It's tiny. It packs up in the included stuff sack (which I didn't use on this trip) or can easily be stuffed into a backpack (which is what I did).

4. It lets you skimp on the sleeping bag. I opted for bringing my warm weather bag (Mountain Hardwear Phantom 32) even though temps were in the single digits. I ended up sleeping with the Nilas Jacket on and was perfectly toasty the whole time.

5. It has great pockets. The two interior pockets hold a Nalgine bottle - I threw a water bottle in one and some snacks in the other. On breaks, I would just pull out the jacket and have water and snacks that weren't frozen.

6. Butter cuffs rock. The soft cuffs (with a thumb hole) completely rock. They're very comfortable, feel great, and make it easy to throw a mitten or glove over the jacket sleeve if needed.

CONSIDERATIONS:

A few things to be mindful of:

1. Trouble getting hood over helmet. I was wearing the Nilas Jacket on top of a Capilene 3 base layer, the MH Densa Pullover, and my Arc'teryx Alpha LT hardshell (all of which have hoods). I tried various combinations of wearing / not wearing certain hoods but had some issues getting the Nilas hood over my helmet. It would fit over but not snugly - and kept blowing off no matter how I tried to cinch it. Could just be the combination of layers on my part.

2. I wish there were two hem adjustments vs. just one side. I agree with AARosie's review that it tends to bunch up on one side. It's not a big deal, but it's slightly annoying.

LAST WORDS:
I totally love it. And highly recommend it. I am curious how the Nilas compares side-by-side to the Absolute Zero - but I wouldn't be surprised if it holds its own very nicely. And, with much less bulk.

I would recommend this product.

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5 / 5

So light, so warm!

PostedApril 18, 2012

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I bought this jacket as an alternative to my current winter jacket. At 22oz, it is far lighter than my 3-in-1 ski jacket and much warmer. In fact, it's probably overkill and a tad too warm for my purposes.

I recently took this jacket for a few days of snowboarding in ~20oF weather and ~20 mph winds. Not bad conditions, but with just a thermal layer underneath, I never felt the wind or a tinge of coldness.

It packs into a small stuff sack, included, which makes for easy packing, since it is quite puffy. The internal pockets are great, and though unzippered, seem to hold onto things quite well. They are large enough for large nalgene bottles, etc.

Though technically not waterproof, I did not have any trouble with snow melting through the jacket. To further test that would require warmer weather, which this jacket would probably be too heavy for.

For improvements, I do wish it had is a 2-way zipper in front.

I would recommend this product.

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5 / 5

My new favorite jacket

PostedMarch 22, 2012

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This jacket is my favorite. Not only does it weigh next to nothing, it is packed with features and is super warm. Don't even try and wear this if it is warmer than 32F. It doesn't feel bulky because it is so light. It is so light and warm, you forget it is cold outside. Comes with a great stuff sack and if you want, you could fit it into an even smaller compression sack -- small enough to take "just in case".

This jacket fits great. I wear a large in everything and it fit just great; there is still room to layer underneath. Lots of great adjustments. The butter cuffs are properly named. They are so smooth and soft. My only suggestion would be to have someway to pull the excess cord at the waste line into the pocket like many other jackets so it doesn't hang down when tightened.

Last bit of advice; make sure you get the arms long enough. If not, when you use the thumb holes ( I don't use them very often as it is usually on top of my other layers) it will pull a little funny. It is hard to explain but cuff isn't sewn into the end of the sleeve. It appears to be sewn into the first "joint" between the baffles and pulls funny at that point if the arms are long enough. I felt like mine fit perfect, besides when I'm using the thumb holes, so I stuck with the large.

In summary, this is an incredibly warm, wind-proof jacket. The quality is superior. This jacket will not disappoint.

I would recommend this product.

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5 / 5

Super warm for its weight

PostedMarch 15, 2012

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This thing is incredibly warm. I understand it's built to be as light as possible, but personally I can think of a few improvements that would add just a tiny bit of weight:

-Increasing the diameter of the pull cords (the cords are super thin, I'm a little concerned about them breaking with extended use)
-Adding a second hem adjuster (there is only one on the right side, and the hem tends to bunch around it when pulled)

Other notes:
-I love the butter cuffs, they work great with our without using the thumb holes
-The hood fits very well with or out without a helmet. It's also easy to adjust
-I usually wear a medium size. I am 5'11" and about 180 lbs and the large seems like the right size for me.

I haven't used it in seriously cold conditions yet. It will see some action on Shasta soon and in Switzerland this summer.

Based on previous experience I would feel comfortable taking this to Denali as my warmest layer. Not so sure about the Himalaya - if you're like Ueli and doing speed runs up those things I'm sure it's fine but for the rest of that don't have super powers I'm not sure it would be warm enough. All in all a great jacket - light as heck and super warm.

I would recommend this product.

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5 / 5

Hyper light, Super warm

PostedFebruary 23, 2012

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This jacket is unbelievably light, weighing in at about the same weight as a windbreaker, yet providing as much warmth as the heaviest winter parka. Crushes down to the size of a grapefruit for easy storage in your pack. My only qualm is that the shark color looks black on the website but is really a dark grey color.

I would recommend this product.

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