Filo Reviews

I bought a pair of Filos for my partner and I - we tested them out on Kilimanjaro three weeks ago, where the summit temperatures plummeted below -20 ºC with wind chill.  While no one is ever really comfortable in such temperatures, we thought the Filos did a phenomenal job in keeping us insulated against the cold in tandem with our other layers.  The warmth to weight ratio is fantastic, and the jacket was ideal on its own for most other high elevation parts of the Kilimanjaro trail, where temperatures are frequently below 0 ºC.

I practically live in the thing at home and have been totally satisfied with build, features and performance. An awesome buy.

I love my filo jacket so warm and cosy.I get so many comments on how nice it looks and the colour mauvish. Have you any plans on making a coat version. A coat version of the filo jacket would be ideal for when i am watching the football. Keep up the good work.

Just got my LOVELY jacket. It is so warm and I am a cold running person. I guess the proof in the pudding will be in Nepal in May. This company was recommended by a member of staff in a well known outdoor shop and boy am I pleased I noted it down. Now all I ask is that you please please please get your sleeping bags back in stock soon!

Have had my ladies filo for about 2 weeks now and I LOVE it!  Cosy, perfect fit, lovely warm pockets, soft collar - awesome piece of kit for a bargainous price.  Am chomping on the bit for the vests to be in!
One suggestion for improvement would be that the collar has an eleastic similar to the waist so that you can completely shut the draughts out.
Handwritten notes, speedy delivery & brilliant products - Well done guys - fantastic job.

Off to the High Atlas on Monday so the jacket will get a baptism of fire. On close inspection the jacket looks superb and the large size for us big lads is “bob on”, it also arrived next day. Another great experiance with the mob from Alpkit.

Filo!!!! Awesome. Tell the world. Buy at least one in your lifetime!

Just taken delivery of my new filo jacket.It’s exactly what i wanted and came within 2 days of ordering.Fantastic!!

This is one amazing jacket. It arrived in double quick time just before Christmas. Came with a hand written thank you note which is a nice touch. Someone had mentioned previously that the jacket didn’t come with toggles so I ordered some and the toggles came already attached to the jacket! Brilliant.

The Jacket itself is amazing. What timing as well.  The temperatures have been sub zero as you all know and to put it to the real test I wore it on my motorbike with a wind chill of -16c. I was fantastically warm and yet not uncomfortable when indoors.

These Alpkit guys are five star! I for one hope they make it through this recession as their products combined with their service are second to none!

We are so impressed with the excellent service received although it comes as no surprise since Alpkit clearly know what they are talking about and have customers’ interests at heart! Having ordered our Filo jackets less than 48 hours ago, we are now proud owners of these awesome snug coats! We’re off to Norway in Feb but are delighted (!) to be able to use them beforehand in these Arctic conditions. It was -12C round the corner in Benson last night so perfect timing. Thank you Alpkit - we shall certainly be recommending you to anyone else after similar kit!

My Filo jacket arrived this morning, and thankgod it did too, it was -6 on my way to work and the heating in my car is broken The fit was perfect, I wanted it a little bigger because when i boulder I throw it on over my big hoody and sometimes even my insulated jacket. So ordered a medium and it was perfect. I’m normally a size 10 and this comes in as a nice loose fit. The colour is stunning (lego blue) and the quality of the jacket seems great, but then i’ve only worn it for 2hours.. lets see how it holds up in the peaks at the weekend!
So far sooooo flipping good, thank you alpkit, fantastic once again!!!