The North Face Elysium Jacket

My men's Elysium size L weighs 20 oz (567 g), according to a digital postal scale in my office. That's significantly different than the specs listed on this site and the North Face's (as someone here also else noted).

Nevertheless, it's still lighter than TNF's Nuptse down jacket. Some of that comes from the use of Pertex Quantum for the outer fabric, which shaves off about 2 oz total weight compared to the ripstop nylon used in the Nuptse jacket.

Of the two jackets, I'd guess the Nuptse is warmer. If I were stuck on a mountain top or sitting outside for hours at a New England football game, I'd want the Nuptse. Who cares if you look like the Michelin Man? You're warm.

Personally, I've found the Elysium great for DC winters. It gets into the teens here and the jacket's adequate. It is a little less packed with down than Nuptse, but that's a plus: you can wear it a wider range of temps than Nuptse, which can get hot.

Biggest pro of Nuptse: it's better looking. It looks thick without making you look like George in the "Puffy Jacket" episode. And it has a few red styling accents -- the zipper pulls -- which make it a bit sharper than the plain-jane Nuptse. The Quantum fabric has more of a sheen than ripstop, which again makes jacket easy on eyes. My wife gave it the thumbs-up over Nuptse when trying on.

I wear a M in TNF Denali jacket but a large in Elysium so you may indeed want to size up, as someone else here suggested.

I have never owned a down jacket befor so I was impressed with the feeling of not having anything on and range of movement. It is also immediately warm. The other day I was walking into a public garage on a steep decline and I stepped in a crack and tripped and fell hard. I landed on my right elbow and left hand and I slid at least 2 feet. I weigh 200 pounds and I was sure that my new $250 jacket had a long gash in it from the impact of the fall and from sliding on it. I removed the jacket and searched for a tear or even a scratch and found nothing. I love this jacket!!

This is a cool jacket, keeps me really warm, has a hot look, some times it seems to have feathers sticking out, but dont let them come out and dont pull them out, just pull them back in from the opposite side other wise that hole would get bigger and you keep loosing feathers from that same spot. I don't know about cleaning it, but I think just dry cleaning will do. Great in the snow, cold weather, skiing or anything outdoors in the winter. These jackets are so warm, I ware just a t-shirt and the jacket and I'm comfortably warm. Enjoy it, I highly recomnd it.

I'm completely amazed with this jacket. It's extremely warm, it does an excellent job of insulating your body from freezing temperatures. I was wearing it today (1/15/09) in 10 degree weather and it kept me very warm. I previously owned the Nuptse (lost it) and this jacket is much warmer, at least that's the way it seems to me. Also it is much lighter, in fact you can't even feel it when you are wearing it. If you are in the market for a down jacket, I without a doubt recommend this one.

I bought this jacket in kiwi as an approach jacket and for pre and post ski trips. It is super warm and light. The new fabric is extremely light and strong. I'm 6'2" and 230 lbs. and the XL fits me perfectly. When you zip this jacket all the way up and cinch the bottom draw cord it's like walking around in your 0 degree sleeping bag, I love it. The kiwi color is really nice too, I have alot of compliments on the uniqueness which is good.

This is a great jacket to get! Its not as warm as the north face nuptse, but its' less puffy/bulky so you dont look like a marshmallow!

Its a good buy, Mine's the blue color and it looks great
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For how light this jacket is, it will keep you warm even on the cold nights walking around the beach area of San Francisco.

No regrets. Price was right at $130 + shipping.

Great Buy.