Alpha SV Jacket Men's

Great shell, but consider all of your options and be realistic about your intended use. Mountaineering and climbing the Andes then this shell is perfect. Anything else and consider the many other shells Arcteryx makes available.

Très bon produit! Aucun doute sur la fiabilité et performance impressionnante en montagne!

This jacket is amazing! If you spend a lot of time in the backcountry in snow or rain this jacket is for you. I'm also a big fan because it's hand made in Canada. To build this jacket it takes 182 operations and around 5 hours. That's some serious dedication that I personally can appreciate being in the manufacturing business. Make sure you buy timeless colors, because you're going to have this jacket for a very long time. Thanks Arc'teryx for making this jacket for the past 20 years. Way to stick with it and continually improve on an awesome foundation.

Just picked it up. Live in WA so walked out into the rain... didn't even notice it. All features work as described. Durability you can feel ( have not tested yet). Looks great (pilot color) Glad I stepped up to the SV! Was a Marmot fan, now an Arc'teryx enthusiast.

Diese Jacke ist das absolute Nonplusultra Made in Canada und über jeden Zweifel erhaben

I own 3 alpha sv 2013,2016 and now a 2018 model. The first 2 are still as new!! The only disappointing thing, is you the removed til supporting insert around the hip, to afford a 3rd inner pocket? That´s low!! The 2018 is NOT comfy around the hip as the previous models. But still an Arceryx fan

I am currently using my third alpha s.v. jacked. After my first one was stolen I tried a couple off other jacket but could not find a jacked of the same quality and with the same levels of comfort. I bought my second jacked in 2015 and used it for hicking, camping and for walking around town. I took good care off my jacked, but after extended use it started to fall apart around the seams. I send it back to arc'teryx for repairs and was more than willing to pay for it. To my surprise I was offered the choice of a full refund or a brand new jacked. I was always a big fan of the arc'teryx brand, but after this level of service I must say I am really blown away by this outstanding brand.

Cette veste me suit tout l'hiver lors de mes expéditions. Surtout pour l'escalade, je n'ai aucun stress d'avoir une chute d'eau me couler dessus même si je dois faire du camping d'hiver à la fin de la journée. Elle est résistante et va continuer de m'impressionner. C'est sûr que dans une utilisation sévère, de la délamination sera observé, par contre Arcteryx a offert un remplacement de ma veste donc ce n'est pas une problématique!

After browsing and shopping for a decent goretex jacket for my type of hiking/alpine activities, I decided to purchase the alpha sv, and it has not disappoint me whatsoever since. I been in harsh changing environment where it kept me shelter from hurricane type winds up at summits and sideway ice pellets. I have trekked through wooded areas with annoying branches and this jacket has the durability to withstand it all. Even fell in jagged rocks and this jacket made no tear. Only bad side to this is the stiffness of the jacket but worth it for what I use it for.

This is the most amazing jacket I have ever owned. I did the west coast trail and it rained almost the enter trip but this jacket kept me dry. from rain so heavy I couldn't see my hands to just wearing during a light drizzle this jacket has never let me down. it is a little on the heavier side but well worth the extra weight even when backpacking.

This is the most amazing shell I have ever owned .... great warranty.

This piece is the equivalent to my mountain seatbelt, I hope I don't need it but it comes with me almost every day in the mountain just in case the weather turns and I need reliable protection from the elements. Has all the ingredients I need in a technical shell: excellent fit for climbing, breathability, functional hood and pockets that take what I throw at them.

Im not an alpine climber but I have been into shell jackets since junior high. I live in PA and use this jacket to keep me warm in the winter. If its less than 40 degrees out I wear the gamma mx jacket underneath. If it gets really cold ill throw on a pair of gloves too. That’s really all I use it for. This jacket is so durable I’m used to babying my shells but this thing is seriously not ripping. But my favorite thing about this jacket is the way it looks. Its so sharp and its gonna last a while. When i heard about this n100 fabric I was sold. Not sure how i feel about the new chest zippers... i hope they hold up! I bought the jacket in black so it doesn’t show dirt. I am 5ft 11in and weigh 185. I bought a medium and it fits perfectly. If i was gonna use this mountaineering with a down layer I would prob need a large. This jacket is really light too, cant forget to mention that. This n100 fabric is ridiculous!

This is an incredible piece of equipment-- well built, durable, and functional. I especially love the chest pockets and hood design, and the fabric is incredibly durable yet moves well and somehow nicely fits the gap between burly and lightweight. The same cannot be said for the Alpha SL and FL jackets, the fabrics of which have too easily scraped and torn while climbing rock or mixed climbs (although of the two the FL is more durable than SL). The only downsides that I have noticed are that none of the goretex shells is particularly windproof-- even with the SV it seems that any 50+kph wind passes through the main zipper, so when alpine winds have whipped up I have certainly felt them through the jacket, but of course you want it to also be breathable and waterproof (which it is). Also, this jacket is sized bigger to accommodate puffy layers, but even with the cerium SV and other layers underneath I felt this jacket was a little too oversized... I have a 39" chest and 31" waist and normally wear a medium sized top and small size bottom, but this medium jacket feels slightly too big, but at least there is room for more layers if I need them and it gives plenty of room for strenuous reachy climbing. The FL and SL feel smaller sized, i.e., more standard arcteryx fit and thus better for wearing around town or for lighter conditions with fewer layers, etc.

As everyone says, it's an awesome jacket. I am on my fourth one. Over the years, the fit has been tweaked from perfect to 'What are they thinking? I started out with a perfect fitting large and now take a medium that is tight in the arm pits and loose in the torso with really, really long arms. The rational for the long arms is that ice climbers spend time with their arms fully extended over their heads. However, lifting your arms over your head only shortens the sleeves by a tiny amount. Furthermore, every ice climber I have seen has been wearing gloves of some sort which covers the space the shortened sleeve would, theoretically, leave bare. Perhaps Arcteryx could compromise and just make the arms a little longer than normal. Their dedicated ski touring jacket, the Sphene, also has monkey arms. So I am really not sure why Arcteryx insists on making the arms so long as the days of Telemarking with ski poles to the armpits are long gone!