New MH ghost whisperer down jacket, 7oz

The hood is very form fitting, its a tight fit and i dont have a huge head. does not blow around.

It's a nice jacket, but the hood needs some sort of adjustability, IMO. Without a helmet, it kept blowing off my head during the ~1 mile jaunt to downtown Boulder. Glad it works for some folks.

Cool stuff in pocket feature though- wish more jackets had that.

Very interested as to why MHW decided to use 79 grams of down as opposed to the 98 that Patagonia stuffs in the UL Down Hoody. It seems like an entire ounce of down would certainly add some warmth, wouldn't it not?

I haven't been in any hurricane strength wind, but 20 mph winds didn't budge the hood for me (and I have a smaller head- size 7 1/8)- I do agree that a adj hood would a welcomed addition however, probably 1/2 oz at most (my 4 oz Houdini has a nice, light hood adjustment)

yes an additional oz of down would make it warmer, but so would two ounces- I think for most high elevation summer hiking the warmth is more than sufficient and they were definitely shooting for a very lightweight jacket

Eugene- the retail on this jacket is horrendous, the key is not to pay retail :) if and when I draw up my will, I'll put you down for the jacket!

Mike

I bet MHW is going to come out with this (and the Phantom) in their "water resistant down" next season- albeit, for a few bucks more.

The whole "water resistant down" is going to change the Outdoor Industry, but only time will tell if the durability is up to snuff.

Except that the resistant down I heard only helps by like %5, which won't change anything.

Give me pure uncoated 850+ fill instead.

Michael, the stuff I saw at OR this past summer (from numerous manufacturers) retained loft by ~30%.

I humbly suggest doing a bit of homework on the technology, as many do on this forum, before making some of the generalizations that you have made on this thread.

I've been corrected by far too many to count on this forum and appreciate every bit of it, as it helps educate me on the obscurities of outerwear, gear, backpacking light, etc.

We are all looking for accurate information to HELP best inform us on our gear decisions, let's keep it that way. :)

Cheers!

Saw the Ghost whisper on sale $174 at REI in the link from outdoorgearlabs today. Bet its in the new garage sale.

Alas, that price is only on the XXL. So if you’re not “extra light,” you can save some moolah.