Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt Reviews

Review score: 9.2/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £44.55 – Save 60% (RRP: £110)

Take a look now to discover what makes Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt worthy of a review score of 9.2 out of 10.

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• Features
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• Reviews
• Brand – Rapha
• Videos
• Summary
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Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt 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 Tops. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt 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 Tops. 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 Tops. Brands like Rapha 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 Tops 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 Tops.

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 Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt.

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 Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £44.55 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.6 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Tops

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Tops.

We found 117 in the Tops category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £45.41, making it below average at £44.55.

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 Tops. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £109.25, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £10.00.

With 117 products available we worked out that 60 cost more than Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt and 56 were cheaper.

Cost of Rapha products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 15 products from Rapha, of which 1 were in the Tops category.

For now though we’re looking at Rapha branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £50.22 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Rapha product we found was £10.00 and the highest price we could find from them was £148.96.

Of the 15 from Rapha, 8 were more expensive than Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt and 6 were cheaper.

How much are Rapha Tops?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Rapha products that are listed in the Tops category.

The average price of the 1 products that match this search was £44.55, with the cheapest coming in at £44.55 and highest price was £44.55. With the average being £44.55, Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt comes in below average.

0 products that meet this search were more expensive than Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt and 0 were cheaper.

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Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt 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 Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt, 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 Tops category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.5 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 Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt or another similar product, like Nukeproof Outland Women’s Casual Hoodie reviews or Nukeproof EST Hoodie 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 Tops.

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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 Tops. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Rapha, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt. 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 9.2/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010849893
• Product ID 2: 683162UK
• Brand: Rapha
• Model number: MBW01XXBLKXSM
• RRP: £110
• EAN: 5055643781255
• Description: Merino Windblock SweatshirtStylish and functional, the Merino Windblock Sweatshirt not only looks great but will keep you warm and protected on those windy winter days.Hitting the city streets or meeting for a club ride out, the Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt has got you covered. With a merino construction, you can expect natural warmth, breathability and odour resistance as the fabric works to keep your temperature regulated.Aside from the luxurious, medium thickness of this sweatshirt, comfort is further enhanced thanks to the flatlock stitching to keep you distraction free and focused.Features:Merino woolTemperature regulatingNaturally antibacterialBuy Rapha Clothing from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Clothing > Tops
• Savings percentage from RRP: 60%
• Size: XS
• Male
• 65.45
• Adult

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Other options for Tops

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Tops. 117 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Rapha Merino Windblock Sweatshirt included,
F√∂hn Women’s Trail Hooded Fleece reviews, F√∂hn Women’s Polartec Thermal Pro Fleece reviews, or we really liked the look of F√∂hn Trail Full Zip Fleece reviews as another alternative.