Zeal Guide
Our extremely durable and fully waterproof jacket for all alpine pursuits. Heavy-duty Entrant® means a long life in high/professional usage situations. Harness-friendly chest pockets and a helmet-compatible hood that stows in the collar provide all the functionality you need.
The heavier of the two Entrant weights used throughout the Zeal Guide makes it more abrasion resistance and better longevity but a little more bulky and weighty for those gram counters at 100g more than the Zeal.
$749.00
Prices in NZD
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Gregg –
Over the winter the jacket has been used in some horrendous weather instructing and guiding in the TNP mountains – ice and mixed climbing, summit trips, snow caving and camping and generally getting battered by gale winds, driving rain and flying rime. It has performed better than any jacket I have had over the last 25 years of mountain work. Seriously good kit that handles terrible conditions amazingly well. No wear showing at all yet so also looking like it will last many more years. Great stuff Earth Sea Sky.
Nathan –
BOMBPROOF, WELL DESIGNED, AND COMFY AS!
Does exactly what you’d expect. Keeps the wind and rain out. Massive, harness/pack friendly pockets mean you have access to spare gloves, lip balm, map, compass, headlamp, hat etc at all times. No qualms at all about taking it bush bashing, and it’s just long enough to cover your butt and keep most of your shorts dry. Good gusseting helps with looking fly and trapping/releasing heat. Stonkers zips, with a double on the front so you can get some ventilation if you’re pushing it hard in the rain.
The best bit about the jacket is the hood. It is the best hood I’ve ever tried, with loads of adjustment allowing for a comfy, protected fit no matter what I have on my head, and the ability to really batten down the hatches or keep things open for better hearing/awareness. The wire/brim holds shape, and when I wear the legionaires cap underneath I can walk into the rain without getting my face soaked too quick.
I don’t expect to need another jacket for at least 10 years. That’s far more sustainable, and it’s made in NZ!
Alex barr –
Buying jackets for a bunch of picky staff is not easy feat – previous to getting Zeal Guide jackets there were constant complaint about the jackets we had and how they were not water proof, how the water would drip down the hood into the inside of the jackets and basically how crappy they were.
But since buying 12 Staff jackets there have been no complaints and everyone is staying perfectly dry when facing the elements in the middle of New Zealands winter. We have also had 3 staff members buy there own Zeal Guide jackets for personal use to use for mountaineering and tramping in New Zealand.
It is hard to find great products that are made in NZ that we can be proud of but with Earth Sea Sky we have a winner.
Alex Barr
Rotorua Canopy Tours.