Royal Transformer Jacket review

Versatile jacket to help cope with the vagaries of the UK climate

Our rating

4.0

159.1
79.99

Published: June 8, 2008 at 3:00 pm

Our review
Versatile and functional – ideal for a typical UK summer

Royal’s versatile Transformer goes some way towards helping with the problem of choosing a jacket for the, ahem, changeable British weather.

Its unique sleeves zip off from the neck to leave a very lightweight gilet. These zips can also be partially undone to allow extra venting, but not when you have got your hydration pack on.

The four-way stretch material is not exactly windproof, and is only showerproof, but does offer a reasonable level of protection from the elements. The jacket has a few neat little features like sprung zip toggles that don’t rattle and internal audio cable routing.

The rad-looking camo print is rubberised, which is great with a hydropack because the shoulder straps grip on it.

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