Mammut Stratus Vest 2009 - 2011
Product Description
Mammut Stratus Vest:With a filling weight of 60 g MTI®, this vest fits easily in a small pack. Excellent insulation guaranteed. Ideal as an underlayer or top layer.
Optimally suitable for: Classical Alpinism, Winterhiking / Snowshoeing, Mixed- and Iceclimbing
Suitable for: Multipitch Rockclimbing, Expeditions, Bouldering / Urban Climbing
Features:
Two fleece lined hand warmer pockets
One Zippered chest pocket
Refelctive Zipper Pulls
Vest can be stowed away in the chest pocket
2-Way Belay Front Zipper
Dual One-Hand Adjustable Cinch Hem
One-Hand Adjustable Cinch Collar
Pertex Quantum Shell is Windproof & Water-Resistant
60 grams MTI® Fill Insulation stays warm when wet.
Weight- 285 grams
Designed in Switzerland
Original Retail $148 discontinued in 2012
Colors: Salsa, Chili, Dark Navy and Black
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STOW-A-WAY - Can be clipped to climbing harness or outside of pack:
SALSA (more of an bright orange red):
Features
CHILLI (more of a crimson red/burgundy):
>BLACK:
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delmarco - Nov 29, 2012 2:29 am - Voted 5/5
Great VEST!!!! Best Gear Of 2012!This second edition overhaul is a great item on its own being slightly lighter but just as warm as the original. The market for synthetic insulated vest has really shrunk in the last few years so it is easy to say the Stratus Vest is a rare item.
Even Mammut has discontinued this very useful Stratus Vest during the 2012 year.
If you can, then do your best to get your hands on one of the last remaining Stratus Vest. You maybe able to find them on eBay or the European web stores.
PROS:
- Pertex Quantum shell is very durable and weatheproof. Much better than the poly weavings found on popular competitor brands. It also makes the vest wieght pretty much next to nothing.
-Tailored very well. Mammut items are usually already well tailored and fitted for the climber athlete but the Stratus Vest is superb example of well tailored. So there is no extra fabric or baggy-ness to it but the downside is big Americans that are used to the generously cut Arcteryx and Patagonia items will HAVE TO SIZE UP for the Stratus Vest.
-The Stratus Vest is very warm considering the thing weighs almost nothing. I took it out today on a windy 26 F degree hike and was very warm with a polyester base layer, the Mammut All Year Shirt, the Stratus vest and the Mammut Ultimate Advanced Windstopper over everything. The secret to the warmth is in the tailoring. It is designed to taper down at the hem so it hugs your body from the armpit holes to the hem trapping heat in against your torso. Also having 60 grams of MTI fill helps.
-Dries quickly. After machine washing the entire vest will completely air dry in less than 30 minutes when hung out to dry. Even when wet it is still very very very warm and usable. It is almost like magic.
-Little tweaks I like. The storm flaps folds away by itself when the zip is down. The entire vest fits into the chest pocket for stowaway. The collar cinch is pretty useful, cool looking, and easy to use. Pockets are true hand warmer pits with fleece lined material.
CONS:
-No large internal mesh pockets unlike the original Stratus vest. Not sure why they deleted them since not having them does not make the new vest that much lighter.
-Pockets are all smallish and could be bigger.
-Close fitted and not properly sized to be used as an outer layer UNLESS you size up from your normal size. Not really a con for many, like myself, but those buying this to wear over layers will not be happy.
-Color choices are mind-boggling. Mammut has this in Salsa and Chilli which are two similar types of 'red'. Then you have a choice of Dark Navy/Grey and Black/Grey which are two similar types of 'dark'. The effect of this is you have two color choices: red or dark. I would have liked a green or yellow or sky blue.
Below is myself in the Chilli colored, Size Medium Mammut Stratus Vest. NOTE: I'm 5'8" and 155lbs wearing it over a t-shirt and a long sleeve base layer.