The North Face on Kakobuy Spreadsheet
The North Face on the Kakobuy spreadsheet is a jacket hub, and the Nuptse is most of it — including the Sherpa version, the 30th Anniversary jacket and the Kaws collaboration. A fleece hoodie, a vest and a windbreaker fill out the grid. Sellers list it as both TNF and North Face.
Puffers are heavy — check the whole jackets grid on the Kakobuy Spreadsheet before you approve shipping.
Baffles, the logo and the down
The Nuptse is the piece this page exists for. It is a short, wide, horizontally baffled down jacket, and the baffles are the first thing to read: the channels should be the same height across the whole body, the fill should sit evenly inside them, and the jacket should look inflated rather than saggy at the hem. A run that skimps on fill shows up as flat sections near the pockets, which is exactly where it is most visible when worn.
The second check is the logo. The half-dome mark and the wordmark are embroidered or applied at a specific size and proportion, and the curve of the dome is easy to get subtly wrong — compare it against the listing image rather than judging it in isolation. On the Sherpa version the pile should be dense and even, not thin across the shoulders.
Fit is roomy and designed to layer, so your usual size is normally right. Because down is bulk rather than weight, run the shipping estimator on Kakobuy before approving and compare the lines — this is one of the few categories where the parcel size genuinely changes the total. The Kaws jacket and the 30th Anniversary piece are the collector items here. All USD. Back to the Kakobuy Spreadsheet.
