Uncompahgre 2.0 replacement?

[Feltersnatch]

I like the born primitive Tundra jacket for a synthetic puffy.

 

[H80Hunter]

Men's North Range Puffy Jacket

A core piece of outerwear in any western hunter's pack, the North Range Puffy Jacket features lightweight ripstop fabric and PrimaLoft Gold insulation for ultimate packability, warmth-to-weight ratio, and weatherproofing for all-mountain performance.

firstlite.com

 

[H80Hunter]

133 gsm Primaloft gold and 23 oz total weight. Advertised “quiet” which will be interesting to see.

 

[strattonje2020]

Nothing special. Upgrade to uncle p tho

 

[Jordan Budd]

I've had the North Range for the last year or so, in the women's version but same same other than the fit. Which has greatly improved over the previous fit for me. It's a solid jacket, think the Uncompahgre with a better quality of synthetic fill. Has more loft over the Unc. I agree with the OG post, the tight cuffs were annoying with the Unc, they addressed it with the NR. It's a classic puffy jacket that if anyone was looking for one to do it all, I would recommend this one.

 

[qmalone64]

I've had the North Range for the last year or so, in the women's version but same same other than the fit. Which has greatly improved over the previous fit for me. It's a solid jacket, think the Uncompahgre with a better quality of synthetic fill. Has more loft over the Unc. I agree with the OG post, the tight cuffs were annoying with the Unc, they addressed it with the NR. It's a classic puffy jacket that if anyone was looking for one to do it all, I would recommend this one.

im looking forward to checking it out. hoping it shows at my local scheels at somepoint so I can try before I buy. if not would it be sized simarliarly to the catalyst or the whitecloud?

 

[Jordan Budd]

im looking forward to checking it out. hoping it shows at my local scheels at somepoint so I can try before I buy. if not would it be sized simarliarly to the catalyst or the whitecloud?

It feels a little slimmer cut than the whitecloud to me.

 

[Jordan Budd]

I've had the unpronounceable jacket 2.0 since it came out, I'm finally over it. The sleeve cuffs make it hell to wear a watch being so tight and the hem on the front is so short it feels like a crop top. Ok maybe exaggerating a bit but seriously the cuffs are incredibly annoying.

Anyway I'd like to get a new coat since its been a few years. I run cold, but have a chamberlain for the really nasty stuff. I'm hoping for as durable or more so, as warm or warmer, and icing on the cake would be more of a "tail"/seat. My 2.0 I've taken with me on all types of hunts backcountry included and plan to do same with the replacement.

Doesn't have to come from a hunting company and prefer solid colors anyway.

I'm thinking the LPP is the ticket but hoping collective knowledge/experience here points me at something I might have missed.

 

[DisplacedHusky]

Does it have any stretch built into the fabric? I was disappointed in the boxy fit of the FL Navigator and the lack of stretch in the material. This looks to share the same boxy fit of the Navigator based on the model photos in the FL link above.

 

[Alpine4x4]

Does it pack down comparatively to the Unc 2.0?

 

[Jordan Budd]

Does it have any stretch built into the fabric? I was disappointed in the boxy fit of the FL Navigator and the lack of stretch in the material. This looks to share the same boxy fit of the Navigator based on the model photos in the FL link above.

No stretch. Comparatively the 2.0 feels more boxy than the NR when I’m wearing them.

 

[Jordan Budd]

Does it pack down comparatively to the Unc 2.0?

pretty much identical. 2.0 on left, NR on right. No height difference at all between the two on the floor. Pushing on them like this you can feel that the primaloft wants to compress farther down than the Unc’s 37.5.

 

[armiller1991]

Any experience with the Sitka Aerolite to compare?

Looking at the numbers:

	FL North Ridge	Sitka Aerolite
Insulation Type	Pirmaloft Gold	PrimaLoft® Gold Insulation with Cross Core™ technology
Insulation Amount	133grams	"The Kelvin Aerolite jacket will have 80grams of insulation in the body of the jacket and 100grams of insulation in the underarms and side panels of this jacket,"
Face Fabric	30D Poly w/ DWR	20D Poly w/ DWR
Weight	23oz	16oz

Seems the Aerolite would be lighter and warmer but the NR would be more durable and *potentially* better against rain and wind?