Lowe Alpine Alpine Flash Jacket

I really like the features of this jacket! Heard a lot of good things about triple point ceramic, so I was excited about testing this puppy out. The results where not good i'm afraid. The jacket leaked terrible after an hour of exposure to some heavy-duty snow making. The leakage was so bad that the I had to borrow a dry jacket to finish out the day.

There is some good news! I contacted Lowe Alpine and received service immediately. The tech assistant was helpful and understanding and seemed interested in making the problem right. It has been three weeks now and i am hoping that I receive a replacement that does not pull the same trick. I hate to say it but, i never once had this problem with my NF goretex jacket. Needless to say I will be writing back to update.

I work in an outdoor shop and have my choice of technical shells from TNF, Helly Hansen, Serac and Lowe Alpine. I had narrowed my choices down to TNF's Middle Triple and Lowe's Alpine Flash. I chose the Alpine Flash because it appeared to have more ventilation capabilities (venting chest pockets and extra-long pit-zips vs only core-zips on the Middle Triple) and haven't been disappointed with my selection. This is one dynamite jacket! Weatherproof, durable and with Lowe's Lowe Pro Fleece, exceptionally warm. I'm looking forward to years of service from this shell.

What an incredible jacket! This jacket uses a coating that is far superrior to gore-tex. Not only is it more breathable and more waterproof than gore-tex, it's also less expensive. This jacket has all the features you could ever want in a technical jacket. Comes in a great palette of colors.