Filo Reviews

got it today,less than 48 hours after order.brilliant piece of kit!so light, so warm!more gear,please.

How about doing a hood? Either as another model or as an optional add on?

I got this jacket as I present and I’m so impressed. I manage a Hockey team on Saturdays and normally have to wear several layers, hat, gloves and scarf and am still cold, but not with this jacket! I was roasting!!

Well done great jacket!

yum…

Was comparing the one I got for the missus the other day to a mates Rab. Amazingly similar! Great feature is the webbing behind the zip so it doesn’t snap of the storm flap - the Rab doesn’t have this! Great!

Sorry - snag on the storm flap!

Thank you all at alpkit.com

I have just received my filo down jacket today just over 24h after placing my order. I think alpkit.com costumer service is one of the best. I’m Very very happy with the quality of the jacket. I must say I think this jacket is just as good as some of the down jacket from leading brands (after trying on most of them) and at a fraction of the price.

(Just a suggestion)
I would love 2 have seen a more expensive version in your range retailing for about £100. Something with 700 EU fill, a fixed down hood for full protection, box wall construction and the front just as long as the back with a slight Water resistant finish…

Keep up the excellent work alpkit

I can only compare to my previous jacket which was a lands end one also for 60 quid (they’ve since changed the down from 700 100%). Anyway, overall I can say that the Filo is a good piece of kit for 60 quid and the material, look, design, pockets etc.. are far better than my previous one. So the following negative points are just comments and not meant that to say it’s overall a bad jacket. I’ve worn the filo daily for about 2 months now.
-Filo doesn’t have a hood but my previous one was unbuttoned and then never used.
-The ripstop nylon is a better fabric than the plain nylon on my previous but for some reason after 3 months wear the Filo loses more feathers (just ~5 each day) - is that maybe the 90/10 mix? The LE one had a shitty inner liner that made it reversible which explains inner loss but not outer.
-In a couple of places in the sleaves some seams are sharp if you have bare arms. In some cases this is caused by feathers sown into the seams.
-The webbing to stop the zip catching is great, however the baffle behind doesn’t effectively stop the wind or cold.
-Some of the down moves to the outside of the arms, but this happened with my last LE one too.
-The fleece doesn’t extend all the way around to the chin, there’s about an inch uncovered.

Cheers,
MAtt

great service an really friendly
sorry i sent the jacket back as apart from the hole in the pocket i liked it alot ,seemed very simular to the rab jacket iv got (apart from the hood)
i really like the idea of alpkit and the way u guys work.
what about some alpkit climbing trousers/shorts ? to go with the tshirts

nice one

Ace customer services to start with !!!
Jacket is warm for sitting round camp at night but not much use for very strenuous activities in this country as you’ll just sweat like a pig. Well made. a very short jacket with an improvement being providing a longer option, or just lengthening all the sizes. One other minor thing, the pockets could be fleece lined for that little bit of luxury. But keep up the top work.