The nice people at Montane - Northumberland's finest
featherlite clothing brand and makers of the award-winning Superfly
Jacket - have been hard at work redesigning their web site.
The new version is nicely uncomplicated and has full details of
their current range of kit plus a worldwide dealer locator to help
you find a Montane retailer, yes, we know it's stating the
obvious.
We were interested to note that alongside their established
'Adventure Lite', 'Warm and Lite' and so on, categories, there's a
new one called Montane Female. To our eternal shame, we hadn't
realised that the eVENT Superfly jacket - one of the best lightweight
waterproofs we've ever used and winner of a 2004 OUTDOORSmagic reader
award - is now available in a women's-specific version.
We actually saw one on the hoof in the Lakes at the weekend and
it's an extremely neat, tailored, woman-friendly fit, that means
female OMers can look good and function just as efficiently as us
blokes. There are also women's versions of the Terra Pants, the Dyno
Soft-Shell and the Lite-Speed Jacket.
Coming Soon
It's still Winter '05 in the weird world of gear manufacturing,
but Spring / Summer '06 starts soon and you can expect to see
Montane's latest kit some time around March.
We've
already given you a scoop
preview of the new eVENT Soft-Shell Jacket - right - which
we've been very impressed with so far, but here are a few tasters of
what else you can expect.
Montane hasn't really done baselayers, but the new Bionic
Tee-Shirt changes all that. It's made from Sportwool, which
combines a merino inner layer for comfort against the skin and
anti-pong properties, with polyester fibres for effective wicking and
evaporation of moisture. We've used Macpac's version of this and it
works well.
There's something called the Sonic Short, which is a Tactel
all-rounder with an integral mesh brief that's intended for anything
from running to swimming via kiting or kayaking and looks
interesting.
On the waterproof front, the excellent Superfly is joined by an
even lighter eVENT shell, the Air Jacket. It's around 75
grammes lighter than big brother at a claimed 350 grammes, but still
has a roll-away hood with wired peak, beard guard, chest pocket and
more. There's also an Air Pant which is reckoned to be the
lightest eVENT waterproof pant in the world at a claimed 250 grammes
for a medium.
There's more too, but we'll try to bring you some detailed
information and piccies a bit nearer the time.
You can catch the new Montane web site at www.montane.co.uk
Marcus Crompton
