What is it?
The Greenland Down Liner Jacket is filled with the highest quality down and a recycled outer fabric. It is constructed in true obsessive Scandinavian fashion and is the ideal jacket for everyday use. The matt finish on the fabric gives the Greenland Down Liner a classic, sleek look that is just at home under a shell jacket in the mountains as it is paired with a pair of dark-blue jeans on bonfire night. The Greenland Down Liner has fast become one of our favourites.
What is it made of?
Insultaion: Keeping you warm is 95g of 600 FP of the highest quality goose down to keep you warm and toasty when the temperature drops. This down comes from birds that haven't been live plucked and have lived a free-range existence; therefore, although it sounds odd, it creates a higher quality insulation and will insulate you more effectively. Fjallraven have continued their theme of obsessive detail to the inside of the jacket too.
Fabric: Encapsulating all this beautiful , warm down is a light, pliant shell fabric made from recycled polyester. It's incredibly soft to the touch and its matt finish gives the jacket a classic, sleek look. This fabric is then given a DWR coating to hel repel water. Despite the high water resistance of the face fabric the Greenland Jacket is not totally waterproof, so always pack a shell if, and when, the weather turns really nasty.
What are the features?
Though simple and neat, the Greenland Down Liner is loaded with features. Stoorage-wise you get two hand pockets in the front of the jacket, an internal zippered chest pocket and a buttoned chest pocket. You also get a handy two-way front zipper with an internal protective flap to eliminate the cold-spot. The sleeves have a lovely internal jersey-knitt cuff that sits snug to your wrists and helps protect against cold up-drafts.
How does it fit?
As an insulating layer, it is designed to be a close, snug fit, yet features enough room to layer up underneath on the particularly chilly days.
Where does it fit in the layering system?
The Greenland Down Liner is a lightweight, breathable and packable down jacket. Use it as an appropriate insulating layer depending on your activity level and the weather conditions. It works perfectly well as a standalone jacket on those crisp, dry, freezing days or as a cosy casual jacket. Layering is not a precise science and there is no one perfect system that will suit every person, situation or the weather conditions. Some of us feel the cold, others, like me, get hot very quickly, but for more advice on using layers please check out this video.
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Lightweight
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Durable
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Outer fabric in recycled polyester with PFC-free DWR
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Lightly padded with ethically produced down
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Chest pocket with buttons and flap in G-1000 Eco
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2 Zippered hand pockets
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Inside pocket with zipper
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One buttoned chest pocket
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2-way front zip
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Internal soft jersy cuffs
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Hem Drawcord
How to wash your down products
Having spent years talking to people about down products, whether that’s a jacket, sleeping bag or even a pair of slippers, very few have had the confidence to go ahead and wash the product on their own, especially when they have just spent an arm and a leg on it. This small guide is here to explain that it’s not as daunting and utterly terrifying as it first appears.
Step one: Before you even get near that washing machine, wipe off any excess mud or dirt that may be lingering on the surface of the jacket, as this will clog up the washing machine, eventually rendering it useless.
We recommend the use of Nikwax Down Wash Direct for down products as it’s one hundred percent environmentally friendly and will wash and re-proof the garment without the use of bleach or any other nasty chemicals. What household washing agents can (and often do) is remove the water repellent coating on the fabric of the jacket, whilst also damaging the delicate array of feathers inside.
Step two: We’ll assume in this instance that you’ve been washing other products prior to your down jacket and have used a bleach based detergent. Therefore it’s a good idea to run the washing machine for half an hour or so without anything inside to rinse it clean before adding the Nikwax or putting the jacket in. Also, don’t forget to remove the detergent drawer to give it a wash inside, outside and behind, as detergent can clog up and still enter the washing machine if not cleaned out thoroughly. This ensures that any remnants of detergent are removed and that the Nikwax products will work effectively.
Step three: Set the washing machine to a cold wash (check the garments care label, most tend to be around 30°C) and as delicate as possible. Most washing machines have a “wool” cycle which is ideal.
Step four: If using Nikwax Down Wash Direct, place 100ml in either the tray or directly into the washing machine inside a small pot/ball. If you choose to use another washing product, place the appropriate amount in the machine in the same way.
Step five: Set the washing machine to run on a slow cycle, allowing plenty of time for the jacket to soak up the cleaning/re-proofing product. Most washing machines will have a pre-set time for different washing cycles.
When the cycle has finished be prepared for a shock, your precious bit of kit will come out looking like a soggy ball of material. But don’t worry, you haven’t ruined it, it’s just that all that fluffy down insulation has become water logged and has clumped together. The trick is to now get all that down nice and dry to reinstate its superb insulating properties. Simply hanging it up in a warm place will not work that well. It will take days to properly dry and you will have to constantly break up the clumps to get it thoroughly dry. The best way is to use a tumble dryer; either a domestic one for smaller items or a commercial drier for sleeping bags.
Step six: Pop the garment into the dryer and make sure to select a low heat; a high heat runs the risk of melting seams and fabrics within the garment. It sounds weird, but shove a few tennis balls into the drier with the garment; the tennis balls will bounce around and help to break up the clumps of down. Every 20 minutes, pull the jacket out of the dryer and lie the jacket down on a table. Run your hands over the jacket until you find a 'clump' or ball of down; tease apart this down clump and spread it evenly into the baffle. Once you're confident you've pulled apart every clump to the best of your ability, stick it back in for another 20 minutes. Keep repeating this until there are no more clumps left.
Step seven: When the cycle has finished and you are sure that you have got the garment as dry as possible, hang it up in a warm dry place, an airing cupboard is ideal, for 24 hours. This drives out the last of any dampness and allows the down to loft fully. Take it out and give it a good shake and, hey presto, it’ll be as good as new.