Buy this jacket in-store with a BAC Discount Card (£5 per year) for £90.00
Ideal for everyday general use, urban adventures and rambles in the countryside.
Made using Pertex Shield® 2.5 layer fabric with Dry Touch, this Jacket is designed with pit zips, adjustable hood and cuffs as well as zippered pockets with storm flaps, for comfort and practicality.
It can even be handily packed into its own lefthand pocket, making it the perfect lightweight protection layer to pack in your bag for when the rain catches you out on the move.
Colour : Field Green
Fit : Regular
Centre Back Length : 75cm, 29½" size large
Weight : 320g, size large
Fabric : Pertex® Shield 2.5L fabric with Dry Touch
- Nylon with microporous PU coating, 80g/m². 40D/40D
- 20,000mm Hydrostatic Head, (HH)
Features :
Fully adjustable hood with flexible polymer peak and roll down closure
YKK® front zip with external and internal storm flaps
2 YKK® zipped hand pockets with storm flaps, left side doubles as integrated stuff sack
2 YKK® zipped pit zips with storm flaps
Hook and loop adjustable cuffs
Hem drawcord
A breathable microporous waterproof coating combines wind and water protection, reducing condensation build-up within the garment.Pertex Shield®
A durable water repellent (DWR) finish applied to the face fabric sheds rain and snow, which helps to maintain breathability.
Over time the jacket will need to be washed and re-proofed
Rab Size Guide : IMPORTANT: These are body measurements, not the measurements of the garments
Chest – Measure around the fullest part of the chest with your arms down. Usually just under the pits
Arm length - Measure from the side of your neck to wrist fold, over the top of your arm
| |
|
XS |
S |
M |
L |
XL |
XXL |
| Chest |
in |
35.5 |
37 |
40 |
43 |
46 |
48 |
| cm |
90 |
94 |
102 |
109 |
117 |
122 |
| Arm Length |
in |
33 |
33 |
34 |
35 |
36 |
36 |
| cm |
83 |
83 |
86 |
89 |
91 |
91 |
Waterproofness is an absolute measure.
Either something is waterproof or it’s not. However, higher standards of waterproofing allow for more durability and a garment that will stay waterproof for longer.
Rab use a water column or Hydrostatic Head test to find out how waterproof a fabric is. It measures a fabric’s ability to withhold water pressure.
Imagine a very tall, over 30m, open-ended tube standing on the fabric and being slowly filled up with water.
As more water is added, the pressure on the fabric will increase.
The results are expressed as the height of a water column the fabric can withstand before it allows water to penetrate.
For example a Hydrostatic Head (HH) from 1500mm (1.5m) to 30000mm (30m).
The industry standard for a fabric to be classed as waterproof is 1500mm.
Not having a 30 metre tube in their laboratory, for obvious practical reasons, Rab use a hydrostatic head machine that clamps a sample of fabric and then exerts water pressure using a pump to give them extremely accurate results.
In the real world water pressure can manifest itself in several ways.
From the obvious, the speed and size of rain droplets, to the straps of a backpack, a climbing harness or kneeling on the ground, these all exert a water pressure on the garment.
Often it is at these points of contact that moisture can seep through the garment, if the right combination of materials and technologies have not been used.
For example, sitting on wet ground exerts 1500- 2000mm of pressure whereas kneeling, in the same spot, could exert as much as 10,000mm due to the reduction in contact surface area.
Remember, in all Rab waterproof garments they require a minimum HH rating of 10,000mm or above.