Filo Reviews

Stunning jacket, excellent value and quality. I have used as a climbing jacket and just a throw over after a fell race, always keeps you amazingly warm on the coldest days.
Follow the sizing for a precise fit, i am 5’11 and 12 stone and a medium is perfect.
Switched to the Alpkit brand a year ago and amazed at the quality and service!

I LOVE THE FILO JACKET!  After spending many months looking for a smart jacket that was going to keep me snug and warm without having to pay through the nose for a ‘brandname’ I randomly found your website which is now in my favourites.
Ordered late on a Thursday night, despatched Friday, delivered Tuesday - brilliant.
Will be buying a Filet Vest when my size is next in stock - can’t wait.  Have been recommending to all my friends.

I bought a small in ice blue (previously ordered a medium but should have trusted Alpkit’s measurements!) which arrived today - perfect fit, lovely colour (even nicer than it appears on the website), and super warm. Just in time for the weather to turn mild, grrrr…

All in all, a great buy - thanks Alpkit!

Ordered 13:15 Friday, delivered 11:10 Saturday.
Excellent jacket, comfortable fit and toasty warm.
Great value for money.

Got one of these for Christmas and it has generally been excellent. My hood was faulty but a replacement was sent very quickly. Really warm, was too hot walking at night in 1 base layer and this jacket in about -3 degrees a couple of weekends ago.

The only downside is the zips. They get stuck a lot. Both the main ones and the pockets, about every other time I use them. Even the sturdier stuff the zip baffle is made of got stuck in there a couple of times.

That’s quite a minor issue though. This is a brilliant jacket for the money. The care label made me laugh!

Bought the Filo at 11pm monday night and it arrived 7:30am Wednesday morning with a handwritten thank-you. No problems there at all.

I bought the small as I wanted the jacket for a tighter fit. I am a lean guy at 5’10” and the jacket fits perfectly, with long enough sleeves even if you have slight “gorilla arms” like me. The hood pops on and off easily even through very thick gloves and the double zip is extremely useful when belaying outside in winter.

My only slight issue was when the jacket arrived one of the plastic poppers for the hood wasn’t fully formed and I had to use a pair of pliers to remove some excess plastic.

Overall, the filo is a lightweight, very warm, super comfy jacket suitable for those on a budget but who are not willing to sacrifice anything. The ordering was easy and fast and the delivery was exceptionally quick. 10/10 from me!

Thank-you ALPKIT.COM

Bought an Alpkit Filo last December using the pre-order system. Shipping was fast and the jacket fits me like a glove.
However, due to the spring like temperatures of Dec-Jan in the Italian Alps, I couldn’t properly test it.
Last weekend I could finally put my Filo to its baptism by fire (more like a baptism by snowstorm) during a skitouring trip to Piz Campagnung. The temperature was already a freezing -22 °C at the Julierpass, but on the top was blistering cold and very windy. Well, with my Filo on, I could stay on the top without shivering for 20 mins. With just two thin layers under the jacket, I was perfectly warm and comfortable.
This jacket is an awesome combination of quality and price. Godspeed Apkit!

I like good quality products that do the job for a fair price and I’m old school (old!) so I like trangia / force ten. I still mourn the lost flysheet of my ultimate equipment tent lost on scarfell in 1986! I shop around, create wife-annoying spreadsheets and compare tiny details before I buy anything. I eventually bought the filo and its fantastic.Super warm, Super lite. My kids call me the pillow man when I have it on! Its warm and cosy and packs small.

If I could offer a possible improvement for future production runs I would do two things - 1) rearrange the pull tags for the hood so that when its clipped on they are on the outside (access and comfort) and 2) put an adjustable cuff on the sleeves - either a pull cord or something similar to the cuffs on a keela munro / keela belay? I have “monkey arms” so the sleeves can ride a bit short, worn inside my keela munro this doesnt happen, nor does it happen with a fleece inside. Having said that - It is a damn fine jacket as it is and worthy of a much higher price. I mix and match keela munro / alpkit filo / keela belay and various keela trousers (I dont work for keela, I am a carpenter! but they ALSO do bloody good stuff for a fair price). I keep praying the drydock will suddenly be available??????

Ordered the filo on Monday morning and it arrived Tuesday!! Great service and love the personal touch of hand written letter!

Now the jacket, all I can say is excellent! Much lighter and even warmer than the one it is replacing.

The fit is great and little things like the drop tail make a difference the material is lovely and the instant you put the jacket on you start to feel warmed.

All in all an excellent jacket so good the wife’s arrived yesterday and she is also very pleased and loves the colour (berry)

Good job Alpkit keep it up

Received the Filo today. Great service from Alpkit as usual. The Filo Down Jacket exceeds my expectations. Excellent quality and looks fine in lego blue. The hood fits well and will provide good protection from the elements. I am hoping to getting years of good use out of it.

To summarise. An excellent and comfortable down jacket. Worth every penny.

Thanks again to Alpkit.