Used puffer jackets in Hobart typically sell for A$38 to A$190 (about $27 to $135). Puffers are judged on fill quality and baffle integrity, and a single tear in the wrong place changes the picture completely.
Selling a puffer jacket in Hobart
Hobart is the country’s second-oldest city and the coldest of its capitals, with a great deal of genuinely old housing stock still standing below the mountain. It is the departure point for Antarctic expeditions and has a strong arts and market culture, and both of those put unusual things into circulation.
Antarctic and research programmes rotate people through on fixed contracts, and the colonial-era housing stock turns over with genuinely old contents. Winter here is long and cold, so warm clothing and heating-adjacent goods move seasonally.
The city is built on hills and the older streets are narrow and steep, so access matters more here than the short distances suggest. The waterfront and the centre are the easy places to meet; anything up the slope needs a conversation about parking.
Measure the stairwell and the doorway, not just the item. A great deal of housing here is old, steep and narrow, and that is the commonest reason a furniture collection falls through in this city.
Handing it over in Hobart
Australia’s second-hand market is strongly local and strongly seasonal, with most activity concentrated in the eastern capitals and buyers who expect to collect. Around Battery Point, North Hobart and Sandy Bay are where this sort of thing tends to change hands.
Sell your Puffer Jacket in Hobart
Listing is free and there is no commission and no buyer fee, so the price you agree is the price you keep. Most listings take about a minute to put up.
What puffer jackets are worth
What lifts the price
- Recognised outdoor and fashion labels
- Original stuff sack where supplied
What pulls it down
- Tears and pinholes leaking down
- Compressed fill that no longer lofts after washing
Working out what yours is worth
- Shake it out and check whether the fill lofts evenly
- Check the composition label for down percentage and fill power
Getting it ready
- Check every baffle for leaking feathers and look for small tears, which puffers get constantly and which are cheap to patch.
- Test the zip along its full length and check the hood, cuffs and any drawcords.
Photograph
- Full front on a hanger, zipped, so the loft shows
- The hood and cuffs, and the baffles from an angle to show loft
Put in the description
- Fill type and, for down, the fill power and down/feather ratio
- Whether the hood is detachable and whether it has a fur trim
Put the fill in the title, because it is the search and the price driver: “The North Face 700 Fill Down Puffer Jacket, Black, Mens L”. Down fill power is a number buyers know. If it is synthetic, say so plainly rather than letting a buyer assume down and be disappointed.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Tasmania)
Common questions
Where can I sell a puffer jacket in Hobart?
List it free and agree the handover with the buyer between you. The city is built on hills and the older streets are narrow and steep, so access matters more here than the short distances suggest. The waterfront and the centre are the easy places to meet; anything up the slope needs a conversation about parking.
How warm is it really?
Answer with the fill power or wadding weight rather than an opinion. Buyers comparing jackets want the number.
How much is a puffer jacket worth in Hobart?
Most used puffer jackets change hands for A$38 to A$190 (about $27 to $135). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a puffer jacket across Australia, what puffer jackets are worth, everything second hand in Hobart, or Clothing in Hobart.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.