User Review: Sierra Designs Avalanche Jacket

Sierra Designs Avalanche Jacket
Above: The current Avalanche Jacket, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed January 18, 2003 by spicytuna

Rating: rated 4 of 5 stars
Fabric: 3 Ply Goretex (Classic)
Price Paid: $500 Cdn

Used my Avalanche Parka extensively from day 1. Used it for skiing, ice climbing, mountaineering, backpacking, and I even wore it almost daily during the late fall, winter and spring. I'd estimate that I must have worn it about 700 times ! A good test eh ?

Well, during this time, I've no problems at all with any sort of leakage. The orangy yellow colors would turn dark and almost black-like when completely soaked but I can't recall one instance where it's left me wet.

The only problems I've had were with the seam taping across the back. The tape simply detached itself from seam ... which is a bad thing when it comes it water seepage. The zipper from my right outer pocket also came loose after some threads from the stitches unravelled themselves.

I took the jacket to Sierra Designs for repair and they simply wrote off the jacket as a manufacturing defect. And in turn, they replaced it with a 3ply XCR Elevation jacket ! Now that's what I call service !

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