It’s winter, which means one thing all over the country — we’ve hit peak puffer jacket season . But if you’re feeling the cost of living crisis and don’t have the cash to fork out on a North Face or Lululemon number, help is at hand in the form of Amazon Australia’s Essentials Collection , which features several different puffer jackets for men, women and kids — all under $100. Let’s start with the women’s jackets , which come in a number of colours and boast close to 18,000 ratings.

Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Retailing for just $73.61, the Essentials puffers — which come in colours including black, stone and red — have all the features you’d expect from a top-end puffer, but for a fraction of theprice. Contoured seams bring a fitted shape to the water-resistant, lightweight quilted coat .

While the puffer also has zip pockets , a stand-up collar, elasticised cuffs and carrying bag with a drawstring closure, so you can pop it in a bag and take it on a walk if you need to. The puffer jackets are made from a mixture of nylon and poleyster and boast close to 18,000 glowing five-star reviews. “Great jacket!” writes one.

“I purchased this jacket for travel . It was ideal. The jacket packs into its small pouch.

The jacket is lightweight and is suitable for cool weather. In cold weather it is quite warm with a sweater underneath.” Another adds: “ Lovely colour, good zips, lightweight and warm and very comfortable to wear”.

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