GooseFeet Gear – Climbing Compatible Down Hood/Balaclava

[Ben Smith]

I recently had a customer contact me about making a down hood that would be useful for belaying in 0F temperatures. This is the result:

With (Bicycle) Helmet – Front

With (Bicycle) Helmet – Side

With (Bicycle) Helmet – Back

Without Helmet – Front

Without Helmet – Side

$100 shipped to USA

2.5oz of 900 fill down

2+" of single-side loft

Partially baffled

4oz total weight

[Michael Fleming]

That looks seriously warm

[josh wagner]

MASSIVE

[Eugene Smith]

Toasty!

[Rod Lawlor]

Ben,

You are crazy in the coconuts!!

That thing looks superb! I can't believe you have a helmet under there in the first pic. I'm waiting to see what you can do when someone asks you to make a jacket.

Rod

[Eugene Smith]

I think Ben already made a down jacket, as well as a pair of down pants and I believe the results were typical Ben- phenomenal.

[Rod Lawlor]

I saw the pants. They looked amazing, but I must have missed the jacket.

I'll trawl back through this weekend coming and see what I can find.

[Andrei Tudor]

Is there a velcro closure in the front? It's hard to tell from the pictures.

[Ben Smith]

Yes – 1/2" velcro closure down the front.

[Bryce]

What shell material are you using? (trying to compare to 3oz pertex offering from Nunatak, but they only quote "2+ oz" of 875 FP down .)

[Ben Smith]

M90 shell.

Take into account that this is climbing-helmet compatible, and has 1.25" baffles.

Built with regular dimensions, slightly smaller baffles, and 2oz of down, you would be looking at a 3oz weight. Less than that for a cuben or 7d/M55 hood.

[Bryce]

Thanks for the info.

How does the face area enclosure work? Are there mini linelocs and drawstring hidden in there somewhere?

[Ben Smith]

Yep – one on each side of the face, about 3/4's of the way down from the top.

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Slick, Ben – Something like that could make one take a second look at quilts in winter.

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