FreddyF9
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone.
As some of you may know, almost a month ago I ordered a Cockpit B15 Jacket (AF blue colo; as promised here’s my review of it.
Since this is the first time I’m reviewing something and English isn’t even my first language, I apologize for any eventual mistake or bad English.
Here’s the jacket:
The item looks great and very well made, the nylon feels very smooth but at the same time robust; also the collar looks and feels good and it seems made of quality synthetic fur.
The jacket is a size S (36), a very big one as I usually wear 38-40 jackets (I have a 39 inches/100 cm chest).
Here’s some measurements in cm
Shoulder width: 48 cm
Pit to pit: 53 cm
Sleeve length: 65 cm
Back length (without collar): 64 cm
Total length: 68 cm
Down here there’s a pic of the B15 compared side by side with my beloved Buzz Rickson B10:
The color of the nylon and the collar is a bit difficult to understand from a picture, as it seems to change as the light changes; I took a few pics to help you to figure it out:
The jacket feels good and warm when you wear it and it leaves enough room to add some extra layers if it is too cold. I don’t know yet how warm it is, because now here in Italy it’s still too hot to wear it; even at night the temperature doesn’t drop under 15 degrees C. But my guess is that it is at least warm as a B10 jacket (probably even better). I’ll let you know next week when I’ll come back from my weekend in the mountains (where the temperature is around 5 degrees C).
This beautiful jacket, however, has some faults, anything too relevant for me, but some may matter for someone else:
The cuffs are tight, not too tight to be uncomfortable but enough to make impossible wearing a watch, as it would be pushed really hard on the beginning of your hand.
The collar, when you pull it up and close it with the topical furred strap of B15 series jackets leaves an uncovered spot between the beginning of the collar and the end of the zip, not a small little gap, but a gap big enough to put your finger in it.
Last (about this I’m not entirely sure) I don’t think this jacket follows all the parameters of a real B15D jacket as it should be, because the sizing is off, it hasn’t a zipped shoulder pocket and it it has those triangular oxygen tabs typical of B15s and B15As Jackets; as far as I know a B15D should have only a rectangular oxygen tab, like in this pic from internet:
That said here’s some fit pics:
I hope you enjoyed mi little review, I’m ready to answer to any questions and have a good day.
As some of you may know, almost a month ago I ordered a Cockpit B15 Jacket (AF blue colo; as promised here’s my review of it.
Since this is the first time I’m reviewing something and English isn’t even my first language, I apologize for any eventual mistake or bad English.
Here’s the jacket:
The item looks great and very well made, the nylon feels very smooth but at the same time robust; also the collar looks and feels good and it seems made of quality synthetic fur.
The jacket is a size S (36), a very big one as I usually wear 38-40 jackets (I have a 39 inches/100 cm chest).
Here’s some measurements in cm
Shoulder width: 48 cm
Pit to pit: 53 cm
Sleeve length: 65 cm
Back length (without collar): 64 cm
Total length: 68 cm
Down here there’s a pic of the B15 compared side by side with my beloved Buzz Rickson B10:
The color of the nylon and the collar is a bit difficult to understand from a picture, as it seems to change as the light changes; I took a few pics to help you to figure it out:
The jacket feels good and warm when you wear it and it leaves enough room to add some extra layers if it is too cold. I don’t know yet how warm it is, because now here in Italy it’s still too hot to wear it; even at night the temperature doesn’t drop under 15 degrees C. But my guess is that it is at least warm as a B10 jacket (probably even better). I’ll let you know next week when I’ll come back from my weekend in the mountains (where the temperature is around 5 degrees C).
This beautiful jacket, however, has some faults, anything too relevant for me, but some may matter for someone else:
The cuffs are tight, not too tight to be uncomfortable but enough to make impossible wearing a watch, as it would be pushed really hard on the beginning of your hand.
The collar, when you pull it up and close it with the topical furred strap of B15 series jackets leaves an uncovered spot between the beginning of the collar and the end of the zip, not a small little gap, but a gap big enough to put your finger in it.
Last (about this I’m not entirely sure) I don’t think this jacket follows all the parameters of a real B15D jacket as it should be, because the sizing is off, it hasn’t a zipped shoulder pocket and it it has those triangular oxygen tabs typical of B15s and B15As Jackets; as far as I know a B15D should have only a rectangular oxygen tab, like in this pic from internet:
That said here’s some fit pics:
I hope you enjoyed mi little review, I’m ready to answer to any questions and have a good day.
