Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket Reviews
Review score: 9.0/10 – Updated September, 2024
Latest Price: £225 (RRP: £225)
Take a look now to discover what makes Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket worthy of a review score of 9.0 out of 10.
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Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket features
Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket
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Spec 1
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Colour: Light Black, Savile Blue, Fiery Red, Rescue Blue Other Jackets – Cycle found with this Spec: 2 |
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Spec 2
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Clothing Size: S, XS, M, L, XL Other Jackets – Cycle found with this Spec: 3 |
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Spec 3
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Gender: Female Other Jackets – Cycle found with this Spec: 1253 |
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Spec 4
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Age Group: Adult Other Jackets – Cycle found with this Spec: 4703 |
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Feature 1
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Materials: 100% Polyester Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 452 |
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Feature 2
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GORE-TEX INFINIUM™ WINDSTOPPER® 150 fabric on front and sleeves for wind protection with high breathability and effective rain protection Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 3
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Nano Flex Xtra Dry, with nanotechnology water-repellent finish, on back for more ventilation Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 4
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Alpha double-layer construction separates windproof layer from insulation layer Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 5
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Inner layer in Prosecco Strada for lightweight insulation with effective moisture management Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 6
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Double YKK® Vislon® front zippers Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 7
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Front zippered pocket Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 6 |
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Feature 8
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3 rear pockets with reflective laser-cut drain holes Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 9
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Raw-edge waist lies flat and moves with you Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 2 |
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Feature 10
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Suggested temperature range: 7 to 15 degrees C Other Jackets – Cycle found with this feature: 4 |
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Price
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Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Jackets – Cycle. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Jackets – Cycle. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Jackets – Cycle. Brands like Castelli are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Jackets – Cycle category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Jackets – Cycle.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £225 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.3 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Jackets – Cycle
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Jackets – Cycle.
We found 370 in the Jackets – Cycle category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £116.97, making it above average at £225.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Jackets – Cycle. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £398.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £24.49.
With 370 products available we worked out that 25 cost more than Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket and 339 were cheaper.
Cost of Castelli products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 371 products from Castelli, of which 32 were in the Jackets – Cycle category.
For now though we’re looking at Castelli branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £74.52 making this product above average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Castelli product we found was £6.50 and the highest price we could find from them was £340.00.
Of the 371 from Castelli, 9 were more expensive than Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket and 361 were cheaper.
How much are Castelli Jackets – Cycle?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Castelli products that are listed in the Jackets – Cycle category.
The average price of the 32 products that match this search was £177.73, with the cheapest coming in at £50.00 and highest price was £340.00. With the average being £177.73, Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket comes in above average.
7 products that meet this search were more expensive than Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket and 24 were cheaper.
Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.1 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Jackets – Cycle category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket or another similar product, like Castelli Goccia Jacket reviews or Castelli Womens Sfida Jersey Fz reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Jackets – Cycle.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Jackets – Cycle. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Castelli, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.0/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 27332515491
- Product ID 2: 807523UK
- Brand: Castelli
- Model number: CS205540853
- RRP: £225
- EAN: 8050949227282
- Description: Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light JacketWhen the weather is unpredictable, with cooler temperatures and threats of rain showers in the forecast, that is the time to reach for your Castelli Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket.The Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket is a three-season windproof and water-resistant cycling garment, suited to a wide range of weather conditions. From the steady bike rides of dull and drizzly autumn days to the fresher conditions of spring, to ever more frequent milder, wetter winter days, the dual-layer insulating Alpha construction and windproof and water-resistant outer will keep you comfortable come what may.The Perfect BalanceWhen it comes to balancing warmth, breathability and weather-protection the Women’s Alpha ROS 2 Light Jacket excels thanks to the combination of windproof and water-resistant Gore-Tex INFINIUM™ WINDSTOPPER® 150 to the front and Nano Flex Xtra Dry to the back. The INFINIUM™ WINDSTOPPER® 150 faces into the weather, protecting you from wind chill and rain showers while the Nano Flex Xtra Dry across the back panels, complete with nanotechnology water-repellent finish, is incredibly breathable to ensure you’re not drenched in sweat when pedalling hard. The protective outer layer is then complemented by the stitched-in inner layer. This layer is made with quick-wicking Prosecco Strada that works to move sweat off the skin and prevent you from getting damp and chilly when working hard. With both inner and outer layers having zips you can easily adapt ventilation to regulate body heat depending on weather and intensity levels. Fit and FeaturesThe advanced patterning makes for an excellent close-to-body fit, the extra stretch at the waist keeping the fit sleek while a raw-edge waist lies flat and moves with you. Finished with a Castelli silicone text gripper at the waist, it keeps that jersey/jacket from riding up. Three rear pockets with reflective laser-cut drain holes plus a front zippered pocket take care of all your storage needs.It may be called a jacket but it’s so much more. For your more intense rides in wetter and changeable weather or for cool days of steady miles then the warmth, breathability and wet weather protection strike just the right balance to keep you dry and comfy all ride.Features:Materials: 100% PolyesterGORE-TEX INFINIUM™ WINDSTOPPER® 150 fabric on front and sleeves for wind protection with high breathability and effective rain protectionNano Flex Xtra Dry, with nanotechnology water-repellent finish, on back for more ventilationAlpha double-layer construction separates windproof layer from insulation layerInner layer in Prosecco Strada for lightweight insulation with effective moisture managementDouble YKK® Vislon® front zippersFront zippered pocket3 rear pockets with reflective laser-cut drain holesRaw-edge waist lies flat and moves with youSuggested temperature range: 7 to 15 degrees CBuy Castelli Clothing from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Clothing > Jackets – Cycle
- Size: M
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