Comments on: Montane Winter Kit: Flux, Extreme Smock & Lite-Speed

By: PTC* » Kit that broke, kit that didnae, and other stuff before I forget, XIII

Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:01:49 +0000

[...] Montane Extreme smock saw its first outing since last winter. I wore it over a 190weight Smartwool merino zipneck (I had [...]

By: PTC* » Kit that broke, kit that didnae, and other stuff before I forget, IX

PTC* » Kit that broke, kit that didnae, and other stuff before I forget, IX — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:23:20 +0000

[...] and with Chocolate Fish Taranaki merino under neath, the Buffalo windshirt over it and a Montane Flux over that, the only condenstaion I found anywhere despite getting warm on the final couple of [...]

By: PTC*

PTC* — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:52:24 +0000

I’m happy with off the peg :o)

By: MartinCarpenter

MartinCarpenter — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:59:42 +0000

To be fair to them its not exactly that easy to user test tailoring or feature customisation :)

By: PTC*

PTC* — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:37:48 +0000

That actually makes me think of what I should be wearing with the Extreme smock.
Softshells, or maybe the Furtech pants?

I’ll maybe need to try and get Cioch’s good side. Again.

By: mattc

mattc — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:28:35 +0000

Oh, I had a pair of those too – they were great :)
I sold mine when they ceased to fit me :(
I layered them with a pair of ME Kongur goretex salopettes for winter stuff (still got those!)

But then I went over to Paramo and those salopettes have done 10 years. And they still work just fine but as a treat I’ve got on order a pair of custom-fit, custom-feature salopettes from Cioch – should be here at the end of the month :))

By: PTC*

PTC* — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:23:41 +0000

Tha lst set of proper sallopettes I had were from Extreme. They were Karisma fleece affairs, big chest pouch pocket, legs zips, braces.
I liked them a lot, and I have no idea what happened to them.

By: mattc

mattc — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:18:20 +0000

Aye, I’ve got some of their stuff for casual and work, but only a very light pair of travel-trousers and a superlight t-shirt that ever make it into the pack for a trip these days.

I was using their stretch salopettes until 1996… when I discovered the hard way that they weren’t up to the rigours of an Icelandic winter blizzard! :(

By: PTC*

PTC* — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:51:51 +0000

I just had a look at Rohan’s current range.

Oh dear.

By: PTC* » Montane, What’s Now and Next

PTC* » Montane, What’s Now and Next — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:36:36 +0000

[...] Winter is just around the corner and Montane’s new kit is just hitting the shops. I was down at their Lakeland bunker a few weeks back with Craig and Paul showed us what’s happening. The test kit I’ve got for this winter is here. [...]