In reply to anonymous123:
I have a 2 waterproof jacket system: one bomber, double storm flap, durable mountain jacket; and a lighter more regularly used jacket.
The first has been a ME Changabang, now 8-10yrs old, and I would happily buy the same again. Ok, it gets used a bit less as I take it if I’m fairly certain it’s going to be, or might be miserable.
The second jacket varies depending what’s on sale, it tends to only last 2 years, and will be used more often, and for a mix of biking, climbing, walking etc.
I think that having the 2 jackets is probably about the same price overall, give or take, and gives me more options than one jacket that doesn’t quite do it all.
sorry, that probably doesn’t answer the question asked at all, except to say that the quality of ME jackets seems high