- -10° C
- The ideal glove for handling medium to heavy loads.
The London parka is five garments in one. The waterproof outer jacket is worn on its own, so is the warm inner jacket, its fleece sleeves detach to turn it into a bodywarmer, and the two zip together with or without those sleeves. Each jacket carries its own 160 g/m² padding.
Severe Cold protection, down to −20 °C*. Meets EN ISO 20471 class 3 and EN 343.
* Indicative temperature. Perceived warmth varies with activity, body type, humidity, wind and the layers worn underneath.
The London parka brings together two complete garments, each with its own 160 g/m² padding. The outer jacket stops rain and wind, taped seams included, and is worn on its own through the mid-season. The inner jacket, itself high visibility, unzips and becomes a garment in its own right; its fleece sleeves detach and turn it into a bodywarmer. Together or apart, with or without sleeves, that makes five configurations — and visibility holds in every one of them, thanks to the 3M reflective tape carried on both jackets.
The classification of this parka says something few product pages explain. The outer jacket on its own is rated class 3 for breathability; the complete assembly drops back to class 1. In other words, the more layers you add, the less moisture from your body finds its way out. The full configuration is built for waiting and for sharp cold, not for an hour of handling work. That is precisely why the sleeves and the inner jacket come off.
Polyester padding insulates by holding still air between its fibres, and this parka carries two separate thicknesses of it: 160 g/m² in the outer jacket, 160 g/m² in the inner jacket. Zipped together they form continuous insulation; separated, each remains a warm garment in its own right. The Oxford outer fabric blocks the wind and stops that insulating air being replaced, and the taped seams close off the needle perforations, the only route left for water once the fabric is treated. Rain protection is rated class 3 for water penetration under EN 343. Breathability, on the other hand, changes with the configuration: class 3 for the outer jacket alone, class 1 for the complete assembly — the more thicknesses there are, the less the vapour your body produces finds its way out. For visibility, across every size offered — S to 3XL — the complete assembly and the outer jacket are rated class 3 under EN ISO 20471, and the inner jacket worn alone class 2.
Because it replaces several garments with one. Two jackets padded at 160 g/m², worn together or separately, with or without the fleece sleeves, and high visibility in every configuration. The outer jacket covers a wet autumn, the complete assembly covers the depth of winter.
The three-layer system:
A modular parka is not judged on its warmest configuration, but on the number of days it covers in the year.
* Indicative temperature. Perceived warmth varies with activity, body type, humidity, wind and the layers worn underneath.
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