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Patagonia's AlpLoft Down Parka has a job to do: keep you warm and hold up. It does that. The build is near perfect in coupling durability and function.
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In the new Patagonia AlpLoft Down Parka, we see a big puffy not overburdened with heft but, at the same time, not cursed with the weight-saving zeitgeist of the times. The jacket has a job to do: keep you warm and hold up. It does that. The build is near perfect in coupling durability, function, and a reasonable weight.
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