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This versatile, lightweight alpine jacket can provide you with that crucial bit of extra warmth when hanging around at belay points or when you are off on your skiing holidays. 
This versatile, lightweight alpine jacket can provide you with that crucial bit of extra warmth when hanging around at belay points or when you are off on your skiing holidays. 
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Mountain Equipment Womens Arete Hooded Jacket Sangria

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Mountain Equipment Womens Arete Hooded Jacket Sangria

Season:2018S

Brand:Mountain Equipment

Code:002744-01210-

This ultimate alpine jacket is the king of lightweight insulation. The micro baffle construction holds the water resistant 700 fill power down from migrating, and the light weight Helium 20 fabric is super light and allows the down to fully loft; this ensures the maximum amount of tiny air pockets are created to capture your body heat while the wind resistant qualities help prevent the loss of this heat. The use of down ensures the best warmth to weight ratio and compressibility compared to any other forms of insulation. Not only is this down super high quality and ultra warm, but it has been coated with a water resistant treatment to ensure it retains a greater amount of warmth than untreated down. This does not mean that the jacket is waterproof or that we recommend you wear it in the rain, but it does mean that if you get caught in a shower, it will resist the urge to curl up in a soggy ball and die. 

With a slightly longer cut, an adjustable Mountain HC hood and the fact it packs into its own pocket with a handy crab loop; you can stow and clip you jacket onto your harness so it‘s easy to get at and throw on when waiting around and belaying. The Lycra cuffs reduces bulk when layering and the adjustable dual tether hem draw cords provide that extra bit of security.

M.E. only uses Down Codex Audited Animal Welfare approved sources for all their Down filled products marked with the Down Codex Stamp.

  • Helium 20 outer shell is exceptionally lightweight and downproof
  • 700 fill power, water resistant down
  • Stitched-through narrow baffle construction throughout
  • Adjustable Mountain HC Hood
  • 2-way YKK moulded centre front zip
  • 2 zipped hand warmer pockets
  • Lycra bound cuffs and adjustable dual tether hem drawcords
  • Packs into hand pocket with karabiner carry loop

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.

 

Technical Information

Weight: 320g

Fabric: 20D - 40g

Content: 100% Polyamide outer/inner, 700 fill power down fill

Sizing Information

Click here for the manufactures size charts.

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