Rab Kinetic Alpine Jacket Review

The kinetic is a new one of kind softshell.
Rab kinetic alpine jacket review. Reviewed by rob greenwood ukclimbing. Jacket 200 pants 120. Seth tests the rab kinetic alpine jacket. While this model didn t reverse into a pocket like many in our review we liked that it comes with a stuff sack.
They were calling it revolutionary and told me to forget everything i know about waterproof fabrics. Rab s new for spring 2019 kinetic alpine jacket is the more mountain friendly successor to the original and rather brilliant kinetic plus jacket. The kinetic plus is plenty suitable for most outdoor activities as it s a jacket that will handle backpacking hiking ski touring and alpine rock climbing. So when we.
Perfectly combining the soft flexible nature of a softshell with the protection and durability of a hardshell the kinetic alpine is made from rab s own proflex. By fiona 2019 10 23. Rab kinetic alpine jacket review 15th jun 2019. Like the plus which is still in the range it uses a soft stretchy waterproof own brand fabric called proflex with fully taped seams but with some crucial differences.
This fully waterproof highly breathable and stretchy jacket is a radical re approach to protective yet comfortable clothing systems. Instead of bringing multiple jackets the hybrid softshell can serve both needs. Rab kinetic alpine running jacket. Rab kinetic alpine jacket and pants review worn and tested by trek scotland in the scottish highlands whilst multi day trekking through spring to early winter 2019.
The instantly noticeable feature when receiving the kinetic alpine jacket and pants is certainly the fabric. They headed into galicia in the fall months and seth wanted to take a lightweight jacket that would be able to handle the wind rain and possible. Able to breathe as well as repel weather the kinetic plus is sleek trim and meant for adventures where every ounce counts. This has been read 15 702 times.
Rab kinetic alpine jacket pants review. It s not intended for any activity in particular but rather can be used for almost every activity and every season. I ve used and abused rab clothing for years but i can t deny i was very sceptical about the claims the rab team were making about the kinetic alpine jacket. Rab kinetic alpine jacket review.
W e so often hear of revolutionary new fabrics boasting impressive stats on performance and breathability that it s hard not to be cynical.