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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh

Back in my field days, I bought a goose dawn-filled parka for $180 from Mark's Work Wearhouse rated at -50 degrees for the job in the Arctic. I still have it today. I have a few winter coats that are both fancier and more expensive than that one today, but none of them are as well-made, as well-designed and as warm as that one. I get paying higher price for better quality but you need to separate the real quality from brand-supplied myths about it. My wife has an $800 CG parka and it's nice, but its design, reliability and warmth are inferior to the one I have from Mark's. Although, CG has their highest-end red parkas priced at over $1,200 now I heard, so maybe those are much better, I don't know...


EDIT: Just checked their site out of curiosity, CG's Expedition and Snow Mantra Parkas are almost $2,000 and rated for -30 only. Wow.

How many years ago did you buy that jacket? And what’s the cost now?