Starting out?

Well aint that the best looking jacket you ever did see?
only kiddin but i fell in love with it the moment i saw it..

Gores new Pro Shell new out this autum and i have ordered mine now,
shouldnt buy before you try but couldnt resist with this one..

first Haglofs item so a new name for me to tryout,have heard a great deal about haglofs lately and its all been good,so roll on autum
Yipee!!

Haglofs kit is wonderful. I've had their Climber 50 Rucksack for a couple of years now and weoldn't swop it for anything else. The same applies to my Haglofs softshell - Arcteryx quality (and almost price)and as good drinking Guinness in ireland as on the hill (see my avatar lol)

I just got myself a Haglofs jacket curry/mustard HELI II Q JACKET. As i never brought from them before and like you said should never buy before you try can't wait to get mine also there sending it next day as well. The only down side to the company was that they can't give you the price over the phone as i found out as i went into my local outdoor shop to look at some of the waterproof jacket's and. As everything was down in the shop and had to pay cash (which was'st a problem). Only that i need to go to the bank to get the cash once i found the two jackets that i like which were round (£250/£300). Pounds so i asked the guy in the shop to phone the two jackets company which both had the jackets in that i whated but as i was unsure to pick one. Like i said it was down too two jacket the Marmot Women's Skylight Jacket and the haglofs heli 2 jacket and the guy in the shop could not get though on the phone so i decided to phone them i ask the questions that i needed to ask and than ask the question on price. He said am not allowed to give out that information. WHY. I explain that the shop as been trying to get though but could'nt and there system was down so i needed to go to the bank he had to phone the shop up who than phoned me talk about going all round the houses over the price. I did decided on the haglof jacket so can't wait to try it out

Hi Jillian,

Thanks for choosing the Heli, I hope you like it. That sounds really strange as we should have given you the RRP. Any idea who you spoke to?

Gus

Gus
have you any idea when the spitz jacket is due to hit the shops??

Not sure who i spoke to but in the end i got the best womans jacket there is out there. As they did'nt have the size so they sent two jackets over heli ii q in size 10 which was rather big and the helium q jacket size 8 which was just the right size. I must stress that they are really good my jacket got lost in the post so i could'nt use on my hike but they did offer to send a hire jacket to my destiantion which i thought was really good of them. Also i got the better end of the deal and happy love it everyone in the shop wanted to see and as i was away when they got i said they could look at it.

Diddy; Spitz will hit the shops early September, not a huge number of retailers stocking it and as Haglofs pretty much make to order there won't be many about! It is a really nice piece and the new Gore-tex 3layer ProShell fabric is fantastic.

Jillian, glad you got it sorted, we had a few nightmares with lost parcels this year and it always happens when someone is going on holiday! Heliums a great jacket - Lochaber MRT chose them last year with the matching pant.

Just back from visiting the Aviemore stores - 18c and blue skies!

Have a good weekend all, Gus

Cheers Gus,
my local berghaus retailer (www.fellandmountain.co.uk)luckily does stock Haglofs gear and i have already placed my order about six weeks ago so there shouldnt be a problem there but i did check about two days ago if he was still ordering it for me but no reply as yet.
thanks for the reply and i what a shame Haglofs only make to order,that means that i will have a rare jacket on the hills and that just makes it that little bit more special,and wont see any CHAVS on street corners wearing one for a while then i hope LOL...

if i mailed you my upper body measurments would you poss be able to tell me what size i should have gone for??

Cheers not tryed it out yet. Colour looks great thou. But once back from hoils jacket ready for me to pick up i also got this for £150:00 pounds which should of cost me £400:00 pounds apartly not sure if this is true or not but thats what the shop said my partner love's it but he just got a Montane superfly xt and is pleased with it he got the chance to try it out on hoilday and could'nt fault it best jacket we brought him. as we both had pac-lites and both wanted tougher jacket thanks for the advice gus

Yeah, fire them over and I'll check and give you a rough idea on size. Spitz is in our "technical" fit so quite an athletic cut - blasted Swedes don't have beer guts as it's so expensive!

When they get a product that works they leave it alone - eg Helium jkt has been there for 5+ years, one of the reasons I like working with them - they don't change for changes sake. A nice Scandinavian way of thinking.

OK!
not sure how to do this so ere goes.
mailed you..

Jillian nice colour jacket nearly went for that colour myself in the haglofs krypton jacket,but then spotted the Spitz and loved it in blue...
will be looking out for you on the hills as there wont be many haglofs jackets in that colour out there and i will say hi if i ever see you..

Cheers diddy well you could'nt miss me could you i'll wave to you if i pass you