I did a ride at 9 degrees C yesterday and found that the jacket could get a little warm. I did a ride today with a temperature of 3 degrees when I started. The temperature went down to -2 degrees C for the last 7 km of my ride. There was a 20 - 30 km headwind and blowing snow flurries as well. The jacket was absolutely windproof and warm. Water from the blowing snow melted on the jacket, but the interior stayed dry. I enjoyed all my ride - even the last bit - due to this jacket.

The Good. Warm, windproof and really well made. Great for starting a ride in the cold. If you ride at a casual pace it's perfect, BUT once you start pushing the pace up a bit it doesn't dump heat well. The underarm zips are way too small and the mesh is so tight in the open pit zips that you can't dump much heat. In fact the pit zip mesh material isn't really an open mesh at all, but could be used to make a nice breathable insulating base layer. I may just cut it out - a shame as it's sewn in impeccably. The sleeves are cut too stiff at the wrist. It's nice that they hug your arms BUT when you heat up it would be nice to be able to pull your sleeves up to just below the elbow to dump a bit of extra heat. A dart with stretchy material would let the sleeve keep a nice profile while being flexible enough to pull up the wrist a bit. Did a ride at 9 degrees C today and it was nice overall.

Excellent product, as soon as it arrived I was out in the wet and cold-no problem for this jacket the wind proofing worked really well and it was much warmer than other soft shells I’ve had. Particularly liked the under arm vents which prevented overheating!

Excellent fit and quality

Great Endura quality however the material is quite stiff with not much stretch or give, however will be warm and windproof Good design ideas especially venting pit zips and a chest pocket However the chest pocket is small, will not fit my phone (iPhone XR with slim case) and the rear pockets have no elastic or stretch so items may fall out or you will worry that they might, plus dirt and debris will collect inside as they stay partially open at their tops when leaning forward to ride...