Fit-wise, I’d say the Ajax has less bagginess around the torso than other similar four-season rated jackets. This SMU is a lightweight and highly breathable version of the Ajax Jacket, perfect for fast-paced mountain use.

In addition, discover more similar products of Montane Ajax Jacket and benefit from our other offers of outdoor equipment. It is your responsibility to inspect the product thoroughly and make sure you are happy with it before wearing/using it. If your item is under warranty, please contact us so that we can resolve the claim in the best and most timely manner. We encourage you to refer to these labels ahead of your first wash to make sure you provide the garment with the correct care in washing and drying processes. Quite a few years back I bought a Berghaus Extrem Smock which I used mainly for Winter Mountaineering and Ice climbing.

The Firefly Orange coloured version I tested certainly makes you stick out from the crowd on flat, drizzly overcast mountain days, but with different colours to choose from, all tastes are can catered for. If you wish to refund or change your boots for what ever reason, you are more than welcome to do so, as long as they are unworn, untreated and still in their original packaging. What you wear under a waterproof jacket can be a very subjective question depending on what activity you are doing.

After time as the item is used more and more Rainwater will soak up into the jacket rather than repelling, although water will not penetrate through, the jacket will become heavier and allot less breathable.Worn over base and insulation layers while resort skiing, it was similarly a bulwark against pelting from horizontal snow and graupel and bone-chilling winds. In addition, I have also used the jacket as an emergency windproof on good weather days, because it takes less space than my heavier windproof jacket in my rucksack, and it’s worked really well in these conditions too without any undue condensation or perspiration build up to note. Once we have received your item(s), we will inspect them and usually process a refund within 2 working days. As a winter jacket it gave us great confidence in its abilities importantly letting us focus on the task in hand.

Despite those minor niggles, out of all the jackets I’ve used recently, this is by far the best, and definitely my ‘go-to’ jacket.

That said, using layers I’ve coped with minus 15 degrees celsius and managed to keep warm (as long as you keep moving) and I feel the cold before most usually. Complementing this durable and waterproof fabric, there are plenty of design features to keep the wearer protected from the elements; the adjustable, helmet compatible wire-peaked hood for instance, and the tall collar with its micro fleece lined chin guard.

The Montane Ajax Jacket is an uncompromising waterproof shell that's ideal for climbers, mountaineers and mountain walkers. So it was good to see a jacket arrive with a claim to be as tough as the original Gore-tex shells with a few modern improvements added to keep it up to date. Zip up the jacket front and cinch the hood tight, and you can bury your face up to your nose behind nylon. My only current criticism has been the stiffness of the zips, but as I have Raynaud’s getting colds hands is no-no for me and will not necessarily be such an issue for other people.

As for general use, the toggle at the back of the hood could have been larger for easier use, particularly when you’re wearing gloves. To be considered for a refund, the products must not have been worn, other than to try on for size indoors. If visibility on the fells was a criteria of mine I would have opted for pink but went for the safe, no colour clashing, dark blue. The GORE-TEX fabric is combining a lighter weight 40 Denier fabric on the chest and with 70 Denier reinforcements in high abrasion areas like the shoulders, hips and arms. The Ajax Gore Classic SE Jacket is ideal for those looking for a no-nonsense, uncompromising waterproof shell jacket.