Result R69m Kelvin Extreme Weather Jacket

A winter sports coat that offers smart design tweaks and warmth without the bulk.

Product

Result R69m Kelvin Extreme Weather Jacket

Promise

A winter sports coat that offers smart design tweaks and warmth without the bulk.

Performance

Your first impression of the Kelvin jacket is disbelief: it feels so thin, how could Result be selling this as an extreme weather design? OK, it’s got the bits and bobs that sell it into the boarding and skiing market: a flap inside the skirt with a transparent window that can house a lift pass, with an alternative pass-holder situated in the breast pocket. The pass holder there even comes on a retractable safety cable – very techno. Special loops for headphones and an pocket each for your Mp3 player and mobile phone make this a coat that serves the functions of the modern world. But what about the old world needs – a toasty coat that won’t leave you damp and shivering by lunchtime?

There are several reasons why that won’t happen here. Firstly, despite the relative lack of thickness of the coat, a three-layer combination of futuristic fabrics keeps damp out, wind bouncing off, and heat in. A laminated and Teflon-coated outer goes over Thinsulate insulation, which goes over a PolarTherm TechMesh lining. These three taken together give you a great feeling of lightness without giving up on warmth, and offer a fantastic range of movement too.

Our only beef was with the sizing of the jacket, but that’s really down to what we used it for. Hiking in the British winter showed this model to be a little baggy around the chest for our liking, but the same roominess up top is a bonus for boarders and skiers who crave freedom of movement.

Verdict

As we say, winter sports lovers will get on very well with this cleverly-designed coat, which is also available in women’s and junior sizes too.