Proviz REFLECT360 PLUS

Road safety is always important, more-so for cyclists. Unfortunately, most high-vis gear makes you look like you should have a clipboard secreted somewhere on your person with a mind to ruining someone’s day or, at the very least, boring them senseless with whatever is on that damn clipboard of yours. I don’t like clipboards. Or high-vis jackets come to that. Essential yet ugly items, both of them.

I’ll get off my soapbox now. This jacket: It’s like someone looked in my head and said “OK Dave, we’ve got this!”! Finally, a high-vis jacket that doesn’t make you look like a complete numpty! The tech involved in this basically makes the jacket look perfectly normal during the day in a fairly standard grey and then, when a light-source hits it in the dark, it reflects bright white, making you very obvious to other road users as soon as their light hits you. Exactly what you need. That’s not all this jacket can do however.

It has been designed to be both comfortable (adjustable waist is a plus for starters as well as the micro-fleece collar to help keep the warmth in) and breathable (10,000 g/m² – good for most cycling conditions) as well as being waterproof (10,000 mm – should see you good and dry in most downpours although you wouldn’t want to be caught in one for any extended period of time). It also has easy to grip zips for those days when gloves are a must and ventilation all over to help keep you cool once you get going. Two watertight pockets give you some carrying capacity as well as doubling up as extra ventilation when you open them up. Finally, it’s nice and lightweight coming in at just 400 g’s. In case you hadn’t noticed, I really like this jacket and it does exactly what it’s intended to do! RRP £134.99

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