We’re incredibly excited to feature the Continuum Endurance as a jacket that can be found nowhere else but here at Trekitt. Based on the original Continuum jacket, Rab have combined their incredibly lightweight, ultra-warm and compressible down insulation with a more durable and breathable outer fabric to accompany you to the highest summits on the coldest winter days.
The original Continuum jacket used Rab’s Pertex Quantum GL fabric, which is brilliantly compressible and super lightweight, however not excellent when it comes to abrasion resistance, as you would expect for a lightweight alpine midlayer. Rab have therefore used their more breathable and tougher Endurance fabric to provide you with a lightweight, compressible and durable jacket capable of accompanying you from alpine summits to casual frosty winter walks. Pertex Endurance is a brilliant fabric to use on a variety of jackets as it’s both lightweight, compressible and super durable. This fabric is also highly breathable, wind and water resistant. It incorporates an ultra-thin air permeable coating to allow your sweat to escape easily and efficiently; ideal for when you’re working hard in the mountains.
Talking of insulation, the Continuum Endurance jacket is stuffed with 148g (size large) of 850 fill power Hydrophobic RDS (Responsible Down Standard) European Goose Down. RDS ensures that the down comes from geese that have been treated well, have lived healthy lives and have not suffered from pain, fear or distress; that's about as good as it gets for down insulation. Hydrophobic down was developed by Rab and Nikwax, essentially each and every cluster of down is treated with special fluorocarbon free Nikwax products to make them perform better in damp conditions. Although Hydrophobic down is not completely waterproof it dries much faster, absorbs less water and retains loft far better than untreated down.
To stop all that precious down from migrating around the jacket, it’s held in place with micro stitch through baffles. These square baffles also have the added bonus of giving the Continuum Jacket a modern and sleek look. A fully insulated, helmet compatible hood with reinforced polymer peak reinforces the Continuum Endurance jacket’s credentials as a true Alpine and mountaineering down jacket. In order to keep the pack size and weight to the bare minimum the feature set is pretty bare! You get two hand pockets with concealed zips, a chest pocket, elasticated cuffs and a half hem drawcord; what more do you need?
With an updated fabric which promises increased breathability and durability without sacrificing pack size, the Continuum now has two options to suit your exact needs. If you can bear to take this luxurious jacket off, it will pack into it's own chest pocket to around the size of two apples.
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Updated Endurance outer fabric
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Breathable
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Wind and water resistant
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850FP Hydrophobic European Goose Down
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YKK VISLON front zip with internal insulated baffle and chin guard
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2 YKK concealed zip hand-warmer pockets
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Elasticated cuffs
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Half hem drawcord
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Packs into it's own chest pocket
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Slim fit