However, synthetic jackets tend to be heavier and bulkier than their down counterparts, and their insulating properties ...

Many across the country have been experiencing winter weather this week with more still in the forecast. You may need to update your winter clothing to more durable outerwear that will last through ...

When it comes to braving the cold, the best place to look is in nature, where making it through crappy weather is a matter of life or death. Sure, geese may be flying south for the winter, but even if ...

The Kathmandu Heli R Down Jacket come from a brand I know very well. In a previous existence I lived in Australia and spent lots of time in New Zealand, and in both countries Kathmandu kit (mostly ...

Like wool, down is one of those insulators that Mama Nature has been perfecting for millennia. In spite of how remarkably sophisticated our human-made insulations have become, I doubt we will ever ...

Geese and ducks use down the same way we do: to insulate. The biggest difference is that they grow theirs, and we take ours—from the clusters of soft, fine feathers under their bellies. But how do ...