Spidi Pentagon H2Out jacket in anthracite

 

The jacket is incredibly lightweight. It doesn't, in any way, feel like a motorcycle jacket. And, of course, as you can see, it doesn't look like one either. It's smart enough to wear through the front lobby of even the most prestigious office. 

 

You get six outer pockets, and three more on the inside. It's got a high collar, adjusters to cinch the jacket in at the waist, a storm flap up the front, a chunky, YKK zip, and poppers at the ends of the sleeves. The jacket comes with a reasonably substantial, zip-out, thermal liner.

 

There's armour in the elbows and sleeves, but even though the armour is, in terms of its coverage area, quite large, it's not thick; and you can barely notice it when you're wearing the jacket. Impressively, it's Level 2. There's a pocket for a back protector. We would recommend a Level 1 or 2, D3O protector equipped with Velcro. The jacket is rated is rated A for abrasion resistance under EN 17092; and that's what you would expect of a piece intended more for urban riding than the motorway.

 

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the Pentagon jacket, especially given how darned comfortable it is, is that it is equipped with a laminated three-layer waterproof membrane. Laminated garments are rarely this comfortable. It also has to be said that we normally have reservations about about laminated membranes that are not supplied by Gore. But Spidi motorcycle gear has never let us down, and we've been dealing with them for over 10 years; so we are prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt. Their gear normally does what it's supposed to.

 

We think this is as good as one of these commuter-style jackets gets. It's stylish, light, easy to wear, sufficiently protective for the job in hand, and it's going to be impressively waterproof.