Alpkit
Alpkit Men's Kepler Zip Top (100% merino, Charcoal)
- Weight: 6/10 How much it adds to your pack.
- Warmth: 5/10 How much the fabric insulates next to your skin. Heavier fabric is warmer and slower to dry.
Cool-weather hillwalking and three-season wild camps, as a next-to-skin layer you can wear day after day
- Weight
- 215 g (M)
- Fabric weight
- 160 g/m²
- Fibre
- Merino
- Merino
- 100%
Where to buy
Alpkit £74.99 In stock. Free delivery. Charcoal, size M in stock (also S, L, XL, XXL). Free UK delivery over £60. Listed in Alpkit's current men's base layers range, not in its clearance section. No other UK shop found.
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Our ratings (out of 10)
1 to 10, compared with the whole market. Each says what it's based on. How we score
Weight
From maker's figures 6/10How much it adds to your pack. 6: A bit better than average.
Alpkit's UK and EU pages give 215 g for size M. 215 g is in the 200–239 g band, which is the 3 band.
Warmth
From maker's figures 5/10How much the fabric insulates next to your skin. Heavier fabric is warmer and slower to dry. 5: Does the job. Average for wild-camping gear.
Alpkit's UK and EU pages give the fabric at 160 g/m². 160 g/m² is in the 150–189 g/m² band, which is the 3 band.
In short
Good for
- Cool-weather hillwalking and three-season wild camps, as a next-to-skin layer you can wear day after day
- Sleeping in, with the high collar and quarter zip to adjust for warmth
- Multi-day trips where one merino top is worn and rinsed
Strengths
- 100% merino at 160 g/m²: a published figure, in the 3 band for warmth
- 215 g in size M, per Alpkit
- Quarter-length zip for venting, thumb loops and flatlock seams, per Alpkit
- Covered by Alpkit's 3-year Alpine Bond return, repair or replace promise
Weaknesses
- Pure merino is slower to dry and less hard-wearing than a synthetic or a blend, and Alpkit's care notes say to darn holes quickly and avoid snagging
- No independent hands-on test of this zip-neck top found, so comfort, odour and durability are estimates, not reviewed scores
Sources
We haven't tested this ourselves. Every score comes from these specs, tests and reviews.