REVIEW: Rab's New Generator Alpine Jacket

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 UKC/UKH Gear 21 Jan 2022

Whether you're a walker on a snowy summit, or a climber resigned to a frigid belay, reliable and packable synthetic insulation is a winter essential. With an active cut, a great hood, and cutting edge fill that's really warm for its weight, the new Generator Alpine could be Rab's best ever belay jacket, says Dan Bailey.  

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 nniff 21 Jan 2022
In reply to UKC/UKH Gear:

The big question is 'Has it got a popper at the bottom of the zip?'

IMHO, a double ended zip allows you to undo the zip so that your belay device is accessible, but then you need a popper underneath so that you can pull the rest of the jacket down and fasten it.  My older jackets had this, as a result of a poppered flap over the zip - the newer ones - no.   

In reply to nniff:

Yes, it's got one. Should have said

 nniff 21 Jan 2022
In reply to Dan Bailey - UKHillwalking.com:

Ta dah - result!  All of a sudden, I'm in the market!

In reply to nniff:

Thanks for asking: I've updated the review

 Fraser 23 Jan 2022
In reply to UKC/UKH Gear:

I know it's not an 'alpine' style garment but do you know if there are plans for a smock version? I have two of these which are great and I'm convinced that's mostly due to the pull-over design, compared to having a full-length front zip.

 Twiggy Diablo 01 Feb 2022
In reply to UKC/UKH Gear:

Please could you post a better image of how small it packs down? I can’t get any sense of scale from the 750ml flask i’m afraid.

(edit: in fact so much so when i showed it my wife she thought it was a joke picture!)

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In reply to Fraser:

> I know it's not an 'alpine' style garment but do you know if there are plans for a smock version? I have two of these which are great and I'm convinced that's mostly due to the pull-over design, compared to having a full-length front zip.

I don’t have this direct form the horses mouth, but I’d have thought it quite unlikely for two reasons. Firstly, because it’d be a pretty sizable jacket to make into a smock. Secondly, because having spoken to brands about smocks before one thing is clear - that they simply don’t sell. As such, they aren’t financially viable.

That said, I’ll happily ask!

 greg_may_ 01 Feb 2022
In reply to UKC/UKH Gear:

I've got one of these - really happy with it so far, fit is great and the lime green is VERY green. Pac size, it'll crush down to the size of a 1kg bag of flour with some persuasion.


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