The Arc'teryx Beta AR Jacket (2024)

The Arc'teryx Beta AR Jacket is a hardshell designed to handle just about anything you can throw at it. See all of it's features, the way that it fits, and the Drop hood! A great all-round piece. This jacket has been offered by Arc'teryx for many years, it is a very popular, well liked and tested hardshell.
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[@juice132]

Whenever I have curiosity about jackets, whenever I am confused between couple different outdoor garments, whenever I need to clarify the differences between different jackets, there are always answers in this channel.

[@norubynooakley9937]

Hi Chris,
I have enjoyed your awesome videos on Arcteryx. I have the same model as today's jacket but the size is Large. I have a question: how do you keep the hood of your jacket such nicely stretched and has no wrinkles? In Japan, all jackets of Arcteryx sold at the brand directly-managed stores have the hood crumpled and wrinkled. Please let me know if there are any secrets to make the hood nice and wrinkleless like yours. Thanks.

[@meandmyjackets]

Hi, honestly I've only had that jacket a few days. They arrive in the package folded up pretty well. I do have several older jackets that don't have any problems with wrinkles. I keep them hung up in the closet, and make sure that the hoods lay nicely on the back when not in use.

[@XCELLING-FOCUS]

Hi, is this a 2024 model? Is the gore-tex manufactured differently these days to conform to environmental issues? Just wondering if they are as durable as in the past.

[@meandmyjackets]

This is the 2024 model. I honestly don't know if the GoreTex has changed. That would be a good question for GoreTex. I do have several older GoreTex shells, and to me, they don't seem to be any different as far as texture, and construction.

[@thirtyoneseconds]

I always found the Beta's AR collar and hood combination a big turn-off and didn't understand why they did it only for this model.

[@meandmyjackets]

It is different, but I don't think that it is that bad. However, I would tend to agree with you that they storm hood is better in most use cases.