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‘Best In Show’ Gear Awards (part I) From Outdoor Retailer Trade Show

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‘Super’ Synthetic Jacket — A designer at Mountain Hardwear sketched a rough diagram on a piece of scratch paper to convince us that the Super Compressor Hooded Jacket was worthy of recognition.

His ink lines mapped an intricate interior baffle design, including “bubbles” of propped-up Thermal.Q Elite fill, an open air pocket in the middle, then an additional layer of insulation underneath.

The result is a new take on the synthetic puffy that ricochets body heat unlike anything on the market. It rolls up to the size of a football for storage in a pack when you get too warm. $295; available in fall 2014

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