The best lightweight puffy jacket one can buy for $100.

We love to include budget friendly gear in our guides, and the REI 650 Down Jacket was a no-brainer choice. $129 is just such an incredibly excellent and unbeatable value for a lightweight down jacket that performs surprisingly well.

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• Price: $129
• Weight: 10.9 oz
• Fabric: Recycled Ripstop Nylon
  
• Fill Power: 650 | Fill Weight: 3.2 oz
• Percent Down Weight: 29%
• Uncompressed Down Volume: 2080
• Down Volume/Jacket Weight: 189 in3/oz
• Pros: Lightweight. Very affordable. Good value. Sustainable.
• Cons: Hoodless. Less warm than average sweater weight jacket.

Features

You do get what you pay for. While it’s still lighter than most puffy jackets in the $300 range, it’s the heaviest sweater weight down jacket on this list and it doesn’t even have a hood. It’s also the least warm puffy we recommend, and has the lowest warmth-to-weight ratio.

There’s nothing fancy going on with the materials (they don’t even bother giving a denier stat), but this puffy is kind on the planet. The 650 fill power RDS down is certified responsible and the fabric is 100% recycled and bluesign approved. It gets a DWR treatment to shed light precip. More than you one could have reasonably hoped for in a sub $150 puffy.

There’s no chest pocket. A hooded version is also available, but kicks the price up $20 and becomes a bit less of a bargain.

REI 650 Down Jacket Review Verdict

The REI 650 Down Jacket is a lot of puffy for a bit over one hundred bucks. This is really really really good value for a lightweight down jacket, and well worth considering if you’d like to save some dollars.

Check out more great ultralight puffy wear in our guide to the best down jackets and pants of the year.