Lowe Alpine Flash Jacket

Not a million miles in overall design from my tried and trusted Lowe Atom (in TPC), though that weighs a bit less and cost rather less too, back in its day...  The only thing I've ever not been quite so keen on with that was a lack of hood wire, so its good to see that more international brands are discovering that "soft stiffening" in hood visors is usually Crap (TM).

Pete.

Posted: 24/11/2009 at 14:38

Maybe it's nostalgia (TPC), but i think the jacket looks pretty good. Some nice features, and not heavy for a proper mountain jacket. I think it is a bit expensive though, considering they're not using the most expensive of fabrics.

Posted: 24/11/2009 at 14:59

I don't know that the fabric will be particularly cheap. I think there's a trend now where people are using higher spec PU-based fabrics which are actually very good but also cost more than the 'own brand' cheapo fabrics we're used to seeing as second tier stuff after Gore-Tex. It also has a lot of slightly fiddly features that will up the production costs.

Posted: 24/11/2009 at 18:28

Price is actually £200 and not £240 as we were originally told. Sorry for any confusion, I've updated the article accordingly.

Posted: 26/11/2009 at 13:44

Interesting... the 'containing ceramic technology', that is.

One reason I thought Lowe dropped TPC is Gore's objection to companies using Gore-tex also offering items in fabrics of comparable performance alongside their Gore-tex offerings...

Posted: 26/11/2009 at 18:16