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Review: Patagonia’s M10 Storm Jacket

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Jason Albert

On longer ski traverses, the M10 Storm shines. It's light enough, at 310g, to use as a simple wind shell, with the needed feature set to keep you safe from the elements when the skies eventually open up.

On longer ski traverses, the M10 Storm shines. It's light enough, at 310g, to use as a simple wind shell, with the needed feature set to keep you safe from the elements when the skies eventually open up.

 M10 isn’t just a storied hardshell—it’s a mixed climbing grade. According to the mixed climbing Wiki, the first M10 was climbed in 1998. As humans became bigger, faster, stronger and harnessed the wonders of Dyneema, carbon fiber, monopoints, and leashless tools, the Wiki unsurprisingly adds, “The grade [on this specific climb] has probably softened to…

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  1. Riley Willetts

    Thanks for the review Jason, It’s sweet to see that the DWR is still holding up!

  2. Slim

    What’s the inside of the pockets? It looks like the same WPB fabric? Or is it mesh?

    1. Jason Albert

      WPB fabric inside the pocket.

  3. Peter Throckmorton

    What do you think the difference is between the M10 and the Super Alpine jacket in their line? The two obvious differences is gor-tex and a two way zipper, but I wonder what the intended application diferance is. Thanks!

    1. Jason Albert

      Hey Peter. The Super Alpine has a slightly different feature set. It features larger hand pockets—they look to be accessible to with a waist belt on, and an interior chest zip pocket. The jacket also has shorter pit-zips, reminiscent to those on the Super Pluma jacket. Weighs roughly 120g more than the M10 Storm. Intended application difference—that could be splitting hairs. Both jackets have alpine climbing/mountaineering in mind, and so the applications are similar. I’d say the two jackets position Patagonia to appeal to those keen on more features, and a slightly burlier face fabric, it is 40D on the Super Alpine. The M10 might appeal to those looking for a paired down feature set, and less a work-horse type piece for the mountains. My two cents is that in the hardshell category, the M10, at least is minimal enough to put in my pack no matter what I am up to—running in the mountains etc.

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