Castelli Elemento Lite Vest Reviews
Review score: 9.3/10 – Updated September, 2024
Latest Price: £75 – Save 57% (RRP: £175)
Take a look now to discover what makes Castelli Elemento Lite Vest worthy of a review score of 9.3 out of 10.
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Castelli Elemento Lite Vest features
Castelli Elemento Lite Vest
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Spec 1
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Colour: Black Other Gilets – Cycle found with this Spec: 6387 |
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Spec 2
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Clothing Size: S Other Gilets – Cycle found with this Spec: 186 |
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Spec 3
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Gender: Male Other Gilets – Cycle found with this Spec: 2286 |
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Spec 4
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Age Group: Adult Other Gilets – Cycle found with this Spec: 4703 |
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Feature 1
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Materials: 100% Polyamide Other Gilets – Cycle found with this feature: 54 |
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Feature 2
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3-layer insulated construction Other Gilets – Cycle found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 3
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Japanese-made air-permeable woven-textured nylon outer shell with water-repellent finish Other Gilets – Cycle found with this feature: 3 |
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Feature 4
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Polypropylene synthetic down insulation Other Gilets – Cycle found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 5
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Plisse stretch panels on sides allow for close-to-body fit yet with full freedom of movement Other Gilets – Cycle found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 6
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2 rear pockets with reflective gusset at bottom Other Gilets – Cycle found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 7
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Packs up small to fit in a jersey pocket Other Gilets – Cycle found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 8
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Suggested Temperature Range: 12 to 16 Degrees C Other Gilets – Cycle found with this feature: 1 |
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Price
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£75 |
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Number of Reviews
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3 |
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Review Score
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3.3 / 5 Average score in category: 3.9/5 |
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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 Gilets – Cycle. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Castelli Elemento Lite Vest.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Castelli Elemento Lite Vest 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 Gilets – 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 Gilets – 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 Gilets – 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 Gilets – 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 Elemento Lite Vest
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Castelli Elemento Lite Vest.
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 Elemento Lite Vest was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £75 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.2 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Gilets – Cycle
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Gilets – Cycle.
We found 93 in the Gilets – Cycle category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £70.77, making it above average at £75.
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 Gilets – Cycle. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £200.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £14.99.
With 93 products available we worked out that 37 cost more than Castelli Elemento Lite Vest and 55 were cheaper.
Cost of Castelli products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 371 products from Castelli, of which 14 were in the Gilets – 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, 139 were more expensive than Castelli Elemento Lite Vest and 226 were cheaper.
How much are Castelli Gilets – Cycle?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Castelli products that are listed in the Gilets – Cycle category.
The average price of the 14 products that match this search was £77.59, with the cheapest coming in at £39.00 and highest price was £130.00. With the average being £77.59, Castelli Elemento Lite Vest comes in below average.
7 products that meet this search were more expensive than Castelli Elemento Lite Vest and 6 were cheaper.
Castelli Elemento Lite Vest 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 Elemento Lite Vest reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Castelli Elemento Lite Vest, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.9 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Gilets – Cycle category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 3.9 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 Elemento Lite Vest or another similar product, like Castelli Tour of Dubai 2017 Marathon Jersey 2017 reviews or Castelli UAE Aero Race Jersey 2017 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 Gilets – 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 Gilets – 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 Elemento Lite Vest
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Castelli Elemento Lite Vest reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Castelli Elemento Lite Vest. 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 9.3/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 27012184897
- Product ID 2: 736389UK
- Brand: Castelli
- Model number: CS185080102
- RRP: £175
- EAN: 8055688713034
- Description: Castelli Elemento Lite VestTaking a Japanese-made air-permeable woven-textured nylon outer shell and marrying it with synthetic down insulation makes the Castelli Elemento Lite Vest a remarkably light but warm core body protector.The reason the Elemento Lite Vest uses an air-permeable fabric is to maximise breathability, the small amount of air that gets into the body actually increases sweat evaporation so you are left remarkably dry and comfortable no matter how intense the ride. Meanwhile, the synthetic down insulation traps in warmth with minimal bulk and this is then protected by the water-repellent finish to the outer face – the result is a vest that perfectly balances warmth, protection and breathability. Castelli uses Plisse stretch panels to the side which has allowed them to create a close fit but still maintain the freedom of movement you need when riding. All this performance is achieved without excess weight so you’ll find that the Elemento Lite is easily folded up into a jersey pocket when it’s not needed. Features:Materials: 100% Polyamide3-layer insulated constructionJapanese-made air-permeable woven-textured nylon outer shell with water-repellent finishPolypropylene synthetic down insulationPlisse stretch panels on sides allow for close-to-body fit yet with full freedom of movement2 rear pockets with reflective gusset at bottomPacks up small to fit in a jersey pocketSuggested Temperature Range: 12 to 16 Degrees CBuy Castelli Cycle Clothing from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Clothing > Gilets – Cycle
- Savings percentage from RRP: 57%
- Size: S
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- Adult
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