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Mark Verber
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 		Re: Appealing Apparel (Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2008) on 09/02/2008 21:33:26 MDT Print View

The Rab Vapor-Rise Lite Sounds perfect... except it doesn't doesn't has a hood :-( Are the arms extra wide? One of the nice things about the standard Vapor-Rise is that you can push the arms up over the elbows to added cooling without a trouble.

Any sense how down proof the shell on the new Flash Jacket is? I know that ultralight fabrics aren't 100% downproof. I am used to pulling feathers back into my gear. The early version of the Flash Vest was far more prone to losing feather than anything I have ever used.

--Mark