Filo Reviews

Am absolutely chuffed. I’ve spent so many hours standing round belaying or spotting when not climbing fantasising about having a down jacket, but fully knowing I could not afford the price tag of pretty much 100% duvets.
My 6.30 am long walk to the train station along the sea front in the mornings was freezing, but became an extension of staying in bed with the filo!
Only minor constructive criticisms are those echoed by most. Perhaps the jacket could be sold for a few quid extra by extending the fleece collar and adding a baffle to the zip, as a portion of heat is lost through this area. I’m nit-picking though. 11/10.

Absolutely love my jacket, only one thing i could add, is a little bit of fleece on the inside of the neck by the chin, amazing value for money and very warm, absolutely ecommend to anyone

Nice jacket, had it for a few months now. It’s lovely and warm but the rip-stop could be a little more downproof. Having said that it has survived some alcohol induced antics like falling out of a tree and coming of a motorised scateboard. 10/10 for value and 11/10 customer service, well done alpkit lads, keep it up!

Just sent my mate Dave round to you guys to pester you for one of your filo jackets.

He came back with one of your “filo runt” jackets and lots of praise as to how nice you guys and your dog were.

I am now very very toasty. Sooo happy that I am no longer cold.

In terms of comments:
-Fleece lined pockets would be nice.
-Dont think I’d use an optional hood - but how about some alpkit Beanies?
-A slightly water resistant finish would nice.

It’s such a shame your plane crashed and I couldn’t get my grubby mitts on one earlier.

am 15 and spend most of my dosh on outdoors kit.just discovered alpkit and realised that instead of my 3/4 length thermarest and nuptse jacket i could have had a filo jacket,airic mat,AND A -20 BAG FOR THE SAME PRICE. gutted.

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.

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

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

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

Sorry - snag on the storm flap!