I too am a firm believer in WM and FF down....but it seems that the North Face Nuptse is a pretty good value. You can find them pretty cheap and they have 700 fill down.....not as good as the 800 fill of the previous companies but comparable.

Plus it weighs around 20 ounces which is not too bad.

I'm not sure how the fill weight compares to similar jackets from WM and FF (meltdown and Helios)

Matt