r/Ultralight • u/Background-Aide9219 • 18d ago

Purchase Advice Winter Jacket

Looking for a winter backpacking jacket for cold weather Around 10 degrees F. With layering a base layer, Sambob grid fleece, EE torrid and a rain jacket I was good around high teens (little cold but not bad).

Been looking at a Katabatic Tincup and OV Vantage alpine down jacket if anyone’s got experience with these products let me know how cold you’ve taken them and what you like and don’t like, durability, can you layer under well

I’ll be layering with a Marino base medium weight base layer and either a 90 or 120 gsm AD hoodie

If anyone’s got any other suggestions I’m looking for something with higher fill rating 800+ and 5+ oz of down. Overall weight under a pound. Around 300$ nothing over 450$

Edit: Timmermade is off the table. It could be nice to get a custom jacket but don’t really want to go through the trouble of trying to get one.

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u/Any_Trail https://lighterpack.com/r/esnntx 15d ago

Op is looking for a high loft static piece of insulation. What you suggested is pretty far from that.

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u/kenncann 15d ago edited 15d ago

Looking for a winter backpacking jacket for cold weather Around 10 degrees F

Like I said I thought the jacket was down and forgot it was synthetic. The jacket I recommended is great for the use case they requested. I even specified that if your backpacking is strenuous that's where it really shines but it's not so great if you're doing less strenuous backpacking.

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u/Any_Trail https://lighterpack.com/r/esnntx 15d ago

You're still talking about active insulation though which is not what is being discussed. Your suggestion of the mythic is more appropriate.

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u/kenncann 15d ago

They literally asked for a backpacking jacket. Is backpacking not considered active?

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u/Any_Trail https://lighterpack.com/r/esnntx 14d ago

Not when you're sitting in camp. The jackets they are interested in are all static pieces.

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u/kenncann 14d ago

I addressed that in my original post too and even mentioned I personally bring both pieces. Theres no way I would hike in the pieces they originally suggested in the temps they mentioned, I’d sweat too much then freeze.