Download Pants and Jackets

OK, we know you have never heard of Download.. We'll clue you in a little. It is an offbrand (not associated in marketing or sales) made by WestBeach, an internationaly respected maker of quality gear that you also may not have heard of. You can check out the Westbeach online site.

OK, who cares. You're probably shopping here because you or a friend has had a superb Level Nine Sports experience so if we say it you know it's true. So here is what we say.

The pants and jackets 3-5 are great value, you won't see anything this nice at prices close to what we are selling this gear at. They are both good quality and you will be stoked on them. However, the Download gear that we are uberstoked on and that everyone in the shop uses are the Download 1 and Download 2 jackets. There is no difference between the two except for some small style differences. These jackets are a truly sic value (that's good by the way.)
When we got these and some Airwalks jackets as samples we fully expected to buy out the Airwalks because they have a known name and look awesome. Anyway the boss took both brands home and put them through waterproofing and rip tests. The Airwalk jackets were absolute garbage (water seeps through and they rip under very slight pressure), how they retail for $200 is a mystery to us (though not really that's the way marketing works) cause they suck. Some internet stores that only care about initial sales will make a mint off of them.
The Download jackets were incredibly rip resistant and would not allow moisture to pass through at any pressure for any length of time. So here they are, an awesome shell at an awesome price that noone else has (we bought them all.) If you see some other Download jackets out there, they are probably not shells but insulated jackets, which are pretty good but not the same bomber ratings as the shells.

We have so much confidence in this product that we are providing a 2-year unconditional repair or replacement warranty on all download 1 and 2 jackets. Try getting that from anyone else for any jacket under $200.

A follow up story from the boss :
Noone is harder on their gear than me, not because I am so hard core ( I'm really not anymore), but because I am so careless. I run over my gear, I leave it on the porch, I play tug of war with the dog with it.. ok not that last one.
Anyway, I wore my DL 1 jacket all season and it still shows no wear (well aside from dirt.) But that is not all, no that is not all. After a season of use, I took it with me on a trip to Kauai. Hiking up a mountain on the wettest spot on earth (seriously) through swamps and dense jungle in dripping and pounding rain for hours I stayed dry in that same season used DL 1 jacket. Ok now, I know they are only $79 and Download didn't sponsor anyone to wear them on top of Everest, so I'm not gonna tell you to trek to the Arctic in them, but these jackets are freakin awesome.

P.S. Those Airwalk samples are still sitting on the rack unsold.