Rev'it! Poseidon 3 GTX jacket and trousers

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Jacket - https://www.revitsport.com/gb_en/motorcycle-jacket-poseidon-3-gtx-black

Trousers - https://www.revitsport.com/gb_en/motorcycle-pants-poseidon-3-gtx-black

 

 

Dutch brand Rev'it!, who I had never heard of when I went into Infinity Motorcycles in Glasgow to replace my 11 year old Hein Gericke goretex jacket and trousers, produce a wide range of kits, from mid to high end prices. The Poseidon 3 jacket and trousers cost a cool £1330 with a small discount as I had some vouchers from past purchases. At least, this purchase gives me vouchers that I can use to replace summer gloves for pretty much nothing.

 

 

I am 6'2", weigh 15 1/2 stone and fitted the 3XL jacket and 2XL trousers. Being a Dutch brand, I fitted the regular length. There is also short and long, long being for those tall Dutch men, short for anyone under 6'. The jacket is slightly loose without the thermal liner and had enough space with the thermal liner for another thermal layer. Slightly loose helps summer venting. Since the jacket and trousers are laminated goretex rather than a goretex lining, opening the huge chest and leg vents means air gets through to the inside without interruption. For cold weather, there is a storm collar that zips round the neck. The cuffs have large velcro straps to get a very tight fit. Smaller vents in the upper arms and back and a clip so the collar can be held open, allow lots of air flow.

 

The front pockets are huge. The two lower ones have two stud clips, flaps and no zip, that allow a hand to pushed inside without having to open them. The chest one has a zip. There is a huge back pocket that I keep the storm collar in, but it could much more, that has a flap and velcro. The left sleeve has a pocket at the cuff, handy to keep a bank card. Inside there is a pocket for a wallet that means the zip does not need to be undone and if the zip is undone, there are two more large pockets. There are supposed to be waterproof, as all are inside the goretex lamination, but I cannot confirm that, yet. There is a short and long option to zip jacket to trousers. The short one is easy, the long one requires assistance or zip it up and then put it on. Protection ratings for the outer fabric and armour (only the back protector is not standard and it is available for £40) are good. I cannot review that, or how good the small reflective strips are.

 

This is a hot weather review, after a day's ride in 20 to 27 degrees, with a long stretch stuck in traffic. With every vent open, the heat was tolerable at creeping speeds and at anything over 30mph, the airflow was fine. By the end of nearly 4 hours, my tee shirt was not sweaty. The main vents are flaps on the chest and thighs that can be unzipped for a bit of airflow, or the velcro undone and the flap pulled back and clipped into place. My lower arm got warm, as even with short cuff summer gloves, as not much air gets up the cuffs and my back, where the body armour rests against it.  The skin is against a thin lining that is see through, which does stop skin sticking to the fabric. The fabric itself feels stiff and it gets very warm, but the kit is black. Maybe the lighter colour scheme would be better? I don't know. I was less sweaty than when I would ride in the heat in the Hein Gericke, goretex lined jacket and trousers. At motorway speeds, all vents open, the airflow was brilliant and there are adjustable straps so it does not start to flap about.

 

Hopefully this will last like my Hein Gericke did, which means it will see me till I am nearly 70 years old!

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Now tested in hours of heavy rain and it is totally waterproof. The cuffs and ankles have long Velcro adjustment that means a tight seal and no leaking.

[mealexme]

Good review, hopefully they last as long as your Hein Gericke kit!

Funnily enough, I'm looking at replacing my Hein Gerick jacket, which I worked out I'd bought back in 2010. It's a shame they aren't around anymore because I don't remember them being very expensive (certainly not £1300)

[Pie man]

I purchased my first Rev'it! suit back in 2005, great bit of kit back then, and now. They have certainly come a long way.  

[Gerontious]

Ive only ever owned one Rev'It suit and this was probably around 2010, maybe earlier than that. Great when I bought it. but after a year or two and a few washes (following the label - obviously) it started to come apart at the seams. I then bought Rukka. still have it.

 

Oddly enough I had a Gericke jacket that lasted for donkeys years.. old because it predated the addition of Heine. Bought it from their very first store that opened with a huge splash in York. (of all places)  in 1990, I think. I also bought a Kushitani leather jacket there too.

 

but anyway, my bad experience with Rev 'it, is probably useless nowadays. Gore don't allow their products to be used unless the manufacturer demonstrates that their Q/C is top notch. one reason why its so expensive and why they are happy to go one step further and warrant anything using their fabrics past the manufacturers warranty.. long past.

 

other brands produce GTX copies, but its a case of toss a coin, you might get something that's waterproof for years or you might get something that fails at the first hurdle, there's no impetus to keep the supplier of the fabric happy and why spend more on skilled crafters. 

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I forgot to mention that the zip on storm guard for the neck is very effective.