If you had around £50 to spend on some 'just in case' insulation to keep in your bag, would you? ...

A/ Buy either of these
Haglofs Barrier 2 jacket - http://www.trekitt.co.uk/haglofs-barrie ... ds-haglofs
Marmot Baffin - http://www.theoutdoorshop.com/showPart.asp?part=PN20189

B/ Which one

C/ Buy something different

Down's a non starter due the intended purpose, pack size is actually more important than weight and the Marmot's at the top end of the price scale.

Ta

I've just got one of these:

http://www.thistribe.com/keela-belay-ad ... acket.html

It uses 100gsm Primaloft 1.

Not used it in anger, but did keep me warm in the snow with just a t-shirt underneath for 30mins the other week. Also pretty windproof.

Not from one of the big names, but I challenge you to find another Primaloft 1 jacket for similar money.

Worth having a look at (although may not be any better than the ones you've linked to)

Cheers Slackman ... what sort of size does it pack down to?

what weight of Primaloft does the Marmot have?

80g in the hags is good. I have a Berghaus Ignite (60g) which is great and packs small. I think you want to be looking at 60-80g fill weight of PL.

There are loads of these around.

Patagonia nanopuff?
Outdoor Research?

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what about this?

http://www.upandunder.co.uk/Outdoor/Clo ... er---8870/

Ignore me - just saw the £50 bit!

Shame about the 50 quid part. My Montane Fireball is lovely...

I haven't tried to pack it down yet to see how small it goes. It would easily go in my 5ltr dry bag, and reckon I could get it into a 3ltr bag without too much struggle (not really sure how else to 'measure' how it packs)!

No brainier, Haglofs.

http://www.cotswoldoutdoor.com/index.cf ... 23/level/2

incase you wanted vest only.

60g of PL

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