i have patagonia, marmot, random brands for school and intern swag, and vineyard vines. in a blind taste test, patagonia wins. haven't coughed up enough money for arcteryx but, when i do, it better be worth it!

 

I have a North Face and an Arcteryx. They are both good, but if I have to use them it's a sign of a slow day.

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Currently wearing a black Patagonia from a private equity firm a relative is invested with. Also have a North Face (non-fleece) vest for cooler days with some humidity. The fleece can get hot really fast.

Arcteryx will be for the post-grad life. Nowhere near enough $ for that stuff right now.

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Patagonia >>> North Face. Patagonia's warranty/replacement policy rivals Bean's, with a much frattier appearance.

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a fleece isnt going to keep you warm at 5-10 degrees. you need a jacket with a shell on it too. Arcteryx is great, very expensive but in my mind they are the best jackets. Patagonia makes a quality jacket too, as does north face.

http://arcteryx.com/product.aspx?language=EN&gender=mens&collection=New…

the jacket above is a solid, good looking jacket that will keep you warm. only thing is the price tag

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Arcteryx jackets are great but pricey. They do have a lifetime warranty though so that's a plus. You can't go wrong with Patagonia either... Your best bet is to order a couple offline (if there are no stores nearby to try them on at), find which fits best and then return the rest.

 

Depends on what you're using it for Arc'teryx is pretty high end technical stuff, so if you plan on climbing mountains with it - go with them. Otherwise, any of the alternatives here will be just fine. Check out Rab - great quality.

 
heister:

F or C? Because those are two wildly different temperatures.

Pretty sure they're all talking about 5-10 degrees Kelvin. You know, something to just keep warm while your environment approaches the theoretical thermodynamic lower limit, but which also doesn't get too hot while you wear it. Nothing worse than starting to sweat while all the ideal gasses around you lose their enthalpy and entropy, ammirite?

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