Not worth the Extra over Klim thats for sure !
When i was looking for proshell gear i seriously considered the Rukka Armas but when i compared it to the Klim Badlands it certainly wasnt worth the several hundred of my Englkish pounds more. I did plenty of research about the silly zip things that Rukka insist on using and found that too many people were having "issues" with them. Also the venting on the Rukka gear is no where near as good as the Klim which was important to me as i wanted year round stuff !
Rukka warranty is 5 years which is decent enough but i believe the Klim warranty is life time (whatever that means)
I have a Klim Latitude Jacket (had ordered the tourers, but canceled them due to ... read on)
US "life time" warrenty, is the time which you should expect the product to last ... everything from 6 months to x number of years. If you participate in a rally then it could be that the life time is only that week ... they make that decision and you have f... all to say.
It could look like Klim refuses to look at any warranty issues (leaking) if there are possibilities that the the garment have been on the ground, even if the possible damage is somewhere else than where the leak is. There is a very long discussion about this on AdvRider.
You always have Gore which always will cover 5 years, and they live up to it ....
I am not impressed by the D2O protection in the Klim jackets, actually it scares the living daylights out of me after my small accident in Germany on my ways to HUM a few weeks ago; For me it looks like the D2O is very good at impact protection, but after the impact (when you start sliding) it's crap - it can fold up, which is not nice (it hurts like hell). I was wearing BMW Summer 2 trousers, and my leg are in much better condition than my arm.
Then when it comes to back protection, I am shocked how little the back protector in Klim is covering, they say it's level 2, but I have my doubts, the lower and upper part of the back is not protected. You can upgrade the back protector, but not to a larger one - only thicker
Price wise a Badlands Pro is not worth the money, unless you really really want Klim - If I was spending that kind of money, I would get either Rukka (which is not really me) or Stadler.
Or look at RevIT (goretex) which is actualy not bad.
Casper