Enlightened Equipment Torrid Apex Jacket? Any good?

Any get their hands on the Enlightened Equipment Torrid Apex jacket?  Is it useable for mutipitch rock climbing? Better than the Patagonia Micropuff? Or the Rab Xenon hoodie? Warmer? Harder to pack?

It's fine, nothing particularly special climbing wise IMO. If it were exclusively for backpacking it's nice to have the option for the lightest fabrics with the EE to save a couple of ounces but I wouldn't get that option with climbing in mind personally, typical 20d nylons are fragile enough.

For a similar Apex jacket with a few more climbing oriented features (2 way zip, inner drop pockets, helmet hood) check out Cumulus. Predictably it's a little heavier.

Apex is the longest lasting of the classic synthetic insulations. Unfortunately on the flip side it's not the most packable. Kind of hard to say how the new proprietary Rab and Patagonia insulations will do in terms of longevity at this point. I'm 99.9% sure the Apex jackets will be warmer than the sewn thru Micropuff. Won't pack as small.

Ben Podborski wrote: backpackinglight.com/synthe…

They don’t say too much in the review but people on that forum seem to like it and say it’s warmer than the MH Ghost Whisper.