Belstaff Calder jacket in black
(BEL2886)
£573.75
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(BEL2886)
£573.75
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Belstaff Calder jacket in black Product Information
The Belstaff Calder is not a waxed-cotton jacket. It's made from what we would term a pretty heavy-duty, canvas material. It feels a bit like the fabric that some of the workwear brands like Dickies and Carrhart use for their jackets and trousers.
This is a proper, winter jacket. The thermal component is the hollow-form fibre Primaloft. There are what look like padded baffles up the front of the jacket and down the back of the jacket; and indeed these baffles are filled with Primaloft. Now it may be, given it's the main purpose of an insulated jacket is to protect the core, that there's more Primaloft crammed into these baffles, but actually the Primaloft extends everywhere throughout the lining of the jacket.
To properly be a winter-grade piece, a motorcycle jacket has to have a waterproof membrane. And that's because, if it didn't, the oncoming, colder air could still easily pass through the insulating material and reach the body. Well, the waterproof membrane in the Calder, which is also a windproof membrane, will stop this happening. The membrane will also, obviously, protect you from the wet stuff.
For some added breathability, because even in the depths of winter we still perspire, the jacket has a mesh-style liner that will allow air to circulate around the body to help reduce sweating.
Pleasingly, the jacket meets the AA standard for abrasion and tear resistance under EN 17092. The other thing we really like about the Calder is that it comes, as standard, with Level 2, D3O, Diablo armour in the elbows and shoulders. In fact, This is the first jacket that we've come across that comes thus equipped.
There's a pocket for a back protector. Your best bet would undoubtedly be a Level 2, Rheon protector.
What else can we say about the Calder?
Belstaff tell us that there's a DWR treatment to the outer fabric. This stands for Durable Water Repellant, and it's no big deal because pretty much every waterproof jacket has one as the initial barrier to water ingress. Over time, of course, this is going to wear out, and so it will need to be replenished.
You get a Neoprene lining to the collar, which is a new feature on a Belstaff jacket; taken straight out of the Rukka playbook. The idea is to add comfort, and to try and stop water seeping into the jacket through the big hole in the neck!
There are very robust-looking side adjusters to help cinch the jacket in at the waist a little. We always like these on a longer jacket. What we also like, that we've never seen before on any jacket, are the elasticated, Velcro, sleeve adjusters. They enable you to tighten the cuff around a glove without the sleeve material folding and getting crumpled. It works very well.
Another thing that we like to see on a slightly longer jacket is gusset zips. You unzip them to allow the jacket to splay a little when you're sat on the bike; and when this happens you prevent the collar of the jacket pushing up into your chin. In fact, Belstaff uses a buttoned flap rather than a zipped one, but it does the same job.
Up the front of the jacket there's a storm flap with poppers, and what are known a thumb loops to make it easier to do the poppers up. It's a tiny detail, but try the jacket on, and you'll see the benefit. Behind the flap there's a water-resistant zip that starts quite high; again to allow the jacket to splay easily on the bike.
The jacket's got two lower, top-loader pocket without zips, and a left, breast pocket with one. There's another pocket inside the jacket. You should think of all of these pockets as water resistant rather than waterproof.
There's a belt loop system that will allow you to secure the jacket to the belt in your jeans, although the truth is that this isn't really the kind of jacket that most people connect to a trouser.
The Belstaff logos on the sleeves are made from a black Scotchlite-type material for better nighttime visibility.
The Calder has no vents, but you just have to accept that it's not that kind of jacket. In hot weather it's not what you want to be wearing.
Undoubtedly, you can get a waterproof, winter coat for less. And you can bet that somebody like Merlin will copy it. But that jacket won't wear like a Belstaff or look like a Belstaff. It will only ever look like and feel like a poor imitation!
Specification
- Made from a heavy-duty cotton canvas
- Insulated with Primaloft
- Seam-sealed, drop-liner, waterproof membrane
- Mesh lining to aid circulation of air
- Chassis rates AA under EN17092 for abrasion and tear resistance
- Equipped with Level 2, D3O Diablo in shoulders and elbows
- Comes with pocket for a back protector
- Side adjusters to cinch jacket in at waist
- Elasticated Velcro straps at ends of sleeves
- Poppered rear flap to allow jacket to splay on bike
- Storm flap with poppers and thumb loops
- Three pockets on outside. One on inside
- Belt loop system to allow jacket to be attached to trouser belt
- Reflective logos for better nighttime visibility
Warranty
Belstaff jackets have a two year warranty
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