Castelli Idro Pro 2 Jacket Reviews

Review score: 9.0/10 – Updated October, 2024

Latest Price: £340 (RRP: £340)

Take a look now to discover what makes Castelli Idro Pro 2 Jacket worthy of a review score of 9.0 out of 10.

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• Features
• Quality
• Price
• Reviews
• Brand – Castelli
• Videos
• Summary
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Castelli Idro Pro 2 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 Castelli Idro Pro 2 Jacket.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Castelli Idro Pro 2 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.

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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 Idro Pro 2 Jacket

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Castelli Idro Pro 2 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 Idro Pro 2 Jacket was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £340 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.5 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 £340.

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 4 cost more than Castelli Idro Pro 2 Jacket and 364 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, 0 were more expensive than Castelli Idro Pro 2 Jacket and 369 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 Idro Pro 2 Jacket comes in above average.

0 products that meet this search were more expensive than Castelli Idro Pro 2 Jacket and 30 were cheaper.

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Castelli Idro Pro 2 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 Idro Pro 2 Jacket reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Castelli Idro Pro 2 Jacket, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.2 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 Idro Pro 2 Jacket or another similar product, like Castelli Raddoppia 2 Jacket reviews or Castelli Women’s Perfetto ROS Long Sleeve 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.

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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.

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YouTube Video of Castelli Idro Pro 2 Jacket

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Castelli Idro Pro 2 Jacket reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Castelli Idro Pro 2 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.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010817403
• Product ID 2: 713000UK
• Brand: Castelli
• Model number: CS190790102
• RRP: £340
• EAN: 8055688810269
• Description: Castelli Idro Pro 2 JacketWhile others stay indoors as the rain pours, with Castelli’s incredibly waterproof and breathable Idro Pro 2 Jacket you’re way ahead of the pack when it comes to wet weather protection. Gore-Tex® Shakedry™ fabric is simply the best on the market at keeping wind and rain at a distance without sacrificing breathability, and so it’s the perfect choice to build the industry exploding Castelli Idro Pro 2 Jacket. It really does have to be worn to be believed, bringing all the essential features of a speedy rain jacket together. On top of protection and ventilated breathability (not only keeping you cool but also wicking sweat away from the body when called for), the Idro Pro 2 also features a slightly longer back tail to keep you defended against spray kicked up from the road.Lightweight Gore® Shakedry™ gives you the very best aero fit that won’t weigh you down in the saddle, and a high level of stretch within the fabric keeps the jacket close to your body without ever feeling restrictive or uncomfortable. It also means that this jacket is astonishingly packable, so if it’s a warm day and you aren’t sure what’s going to fall out of the sky you can pop it into a jersey pocket just in case. Finally, two external rear pockets keep essentials within easy reach, and reflective trim keeps you safe and seen when the light is fading all around you.Features:Materials: 100% PolyamideGORE-TEX® SHAKEDRY™ 2-layer ultralight waterproof breathable fabricStretch Gore water- and windproof inserts at elbow, shoulder and side panelStretch wrist closure eliminates flapping fabric yet facilitates ingress/egressYKK® Vislon® waterproof zipper2 external rear pocketsSilicone elastic waistbandFully taped seams for total waterproof constructionReflective trimPacks up small to easily store in jersey pocketWindproofing, waterproofing, breathability: 5/5Buy Castelli Clothing from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Clothing > Jackets – Cycle
• Size: S
• Male
• 0
• Adult

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Other options for Jackets – Cycle

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Jackets – Cycle. 370 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Castelli Idro Pro 2 Jacket included,
Castelli Women’s Perfetto Light ROS Jacket reviews, Castelli Women’s Transition Jacket reviews, or we really liked the look of Castelli Limited Edition Perfetto ROS Jacket reviews as another alternative.