For decades, outdoor aficionados have only had two choices when it came to selecting an ultra-warm puffy jacket for chilly backpacking trips and frigid winter hikes: down or synthetic. Recently, Ibex ...

Visions of the Michelin Man might come to mind. But for untold thousands of winter lovers, horizontally-banded, ultra-insulated puffy down jackets have become the ubiquitous choice for the coldest of ...