Giro Chrono Pro Alpha Jacket Reviews
Review score: 9.1/10 – Updated November, 2024
Latest Price: £119.16 – Save 46% (RRP: £219.99)
Take a look now to discover what makes Giro Chrono Pro Alpha Jacket worthy of a review score of 9.1 out of 10.
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Giro Chrono Pro Alpha Jacket features
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 Giro Chrono Pro Alpha Jacket.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Giro Chrono Pro Alpha 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 Giro 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 Giro Chrono Pro Alpha Jacket
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Giro Chrono Pro Alpha 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 Giro Chrono Pro Alpha Jacket was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £119.16 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.4 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 £119.16.
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 148 cost more than Giro Chrono Pro Alpha Jacket and 221 were cheaper.
Cost of Giro products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 176 products from Giro, of which 7 were in the Jackets – Cycle category.
For now though we’re looking at Giro branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £95.21 making this product above average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Giro product we found was £5.40 and the highest price we could find from them was £290.00.
Of the 176 from Giro, 56 were more expensive than Giro Chrono Pro Alpha Jacket and 119 were cheaper.
How much are Giro Jackets – Cycle?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Giro products that are listed in the Jackets – Cycle category.
The average price of the 7 products that match this search was £112.39, with the cheapest coming in at £41.99 and highest price was £174.99. With the average being £112.39, Giro Chrono Pro Alpha Jacket comes in above average.
4 products that meet this search were more expensive than Giro Chrono Pro Alpha Jacket and 2 were cheaper.
Giro Chrono Pro Alpha 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 Giro Chrono Pro Alpha Jacket reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Giro Chrono Pro Alpha 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 Giro Chrono Pro Alpha Jacket or another similar product, like Giro Women’s Chrono Pro Neoshell Jacket reviews or Giro Women’s Chrono Pro Alpha Jacket 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 Giro, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Giro Chrono Pro Alpha Jacket
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Giro Chrono Pro Alpha Jacket reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Giro Chrono Pro Alpha 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 9.1/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25308785379
- Product ID 2: 738036UK
- Brand: Giro
- Model number: GI21ALPBS
- RRP: £219.99
- EAN: 768686241994
- Description: Giro Chrono Pro Alpha® JacketWhen temperatures plummet into single digits, then is the time to reach for Giro’s Chrono Pro Alpha® Jacket. A combination of Polartec® Windbloc® and Alpha® Direct insulation ensures the finest level of warmth when you’re cycling. Cold weather needn’t resign you to an indoor training session, with the warmth of the Chrono Pro Alpha® Cycling Jacket you can enjoy cold, crisp days on the bike. The warmth is all down to the combination of Polartec® Windbloc® fabric and Polartec® Alpha® Direct Active insulation. Windbloc prevents cold winds penetrating the jacket and robbing body heat while the Alpha® Direct Active insulation is remarkably light but incredibly good at retaining warmth, trapping a layer of air to protect you from the icy tentacles of cold weather. A Durable Water Repellant (DWR) coating provides extra protection on dull and damp days too.Cold days tend to be more demanding on energy levels and so the form-fitting silhouette prevents excess fabric catching the wind and so saving those energy-stores for the last few miles to home. Speaking of energy, the Expandable Storage Pockets provide ample space for gels and bars to keep you fuelled and for long biking days that finish in the dark the 3M Reflective highlights add visual pop to enhance visibility when the daylight fades.Features:Materials: 100% PolyamideWindproof Polartec® Windbloc® fabricPolartec® Alpha® Direct Active InsulationDurable Water Repellant (DWR) coatingExpandable Storage Pockets (ESP)An articulated pattern for on-bike fitSecure zip pocketWind guard front zipper coverWrist cuffs to keep the wind out3M® Reflective logosLarge reflective visibility panelsBuy Giro Clothing from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Clothing > Jackets – Cycle
- Savings percentage from RRP: 46%
- Size: S
- Male
- 100.83
- Adult
Other options for Jackets – Cycle
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A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Giro Chrono Pro Alpha Jacket included,
Giro Women’s Roust Jersey reviews, Giro Roust Long Sleeve Jersey reviews, or we really liked the look of Giro New Road Jersey reviews as another alternative.