Mountain Equipment Makalu GORE-TEX Jacket - Clearance

Have only had the jacket for a few weeks now, but have taking it out into the back country for a week long tramp. It's rained for a good few days, but never did the water get through. Love the extra room in the shoulders. Arms are a tad long, but also good if you are climbing or such. Hood bit of kit, looking forward to testing it in more harsh conditions. Cheers

I had an opportunity to wear the jacket in cold, windy, and raining conditions. It performed as I expected it should. I has happy with the pockets, the hood, sleeve length, the drawstrings, overall lenght over the hips, etc. My only comment you should make others aware of is this: it is a tight fit across the chest. I am a size Small, and I purchased the small size. I'm a slim build and even then the chest is snug especially with wool layers (base and mid). I think if I was wearing a medium to thick fleece under a base layer it would be very tight indeed. A Medium size would have been too big for me. Overall, very happy with the product.

Great product, well made and comfortable to wear. The company were easy to deal with and delivery was fast, would ship here again

Great jacket, sadly I’m a wee bit short in the arms but it’s what I’ve been looking for a long time. Out Door action were Great people to deal.

Update to previous jacket review regarding ongoing DWR treatment. I’ve found the Nikwax TX direct WASH application much more effective than the spray on version on the same product.