Crux Flak Jacket - Scoop!
New from British mountaineering microbrand Crux is an uncompromising sub-500 gramme eVENT mountaineeering shell and matching pant, but are you trim enough to fit it?
Posted: 23 February 2006
by Jon
If you read last week's editorial
rant you'll know that we're occasionally exasperated by
technical mountaineering garments which are cut so loosely that they
actually detract from the function of the clothing...
 Then,
as if by magic, Adam van Lopik - right - of specialist British climbing kit
brand Crux turned up on the OUTDOORSmagic editorial doorstep
with some trail samples of his new climbing shell jacket and pants
for us to have a look at.
Crux is best known for its minimal packs and tents, but the
company's been looking at producing similarly stream-lined clothing
for the past three years. They believe that a close fit is essential,
so they've developed their own cut over that time.
They also reckon that the majority of 'real mountaineers' vary
more in height than in build, so their kit doesn't get noticably
wider as it goes up the size range, just longer. Crux accepts that
this means not everyone will be able to wear their clothing, but they
say:
'We believe that most real climbers and mountaineers will find
they are the best they've tried'.
That's a pretty serious claim, so what's the kit like?
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