Brooks-Range Alpini Fill Weight

this has always seemed weird to me. why does bpl hate the alpini so much? lol

I too was confused. Not sure- if the 2010 State of the Market's Alpini indeed had 7 ounces of down, the findings on its warmth would remain the same however many of its quantitative ratings would go up (down to weight ratio, etc) which I believe would make the Alpini an objectively more attractive jacket. However, at the same time, if the 2010 Alpini tested did have only 5 ounces of down, then perhaps the newer Alpinis with 7 ounces would be even warmer than was found in 2010, and thus more competitive than many of the other jackets tested?

Evan

Don't trust Brooks. Remember the mojave debacle? They fill weight listed was about twice what could realistically be made in a jacket of the measured weights or warmth perceptions. Brooks never acknowledged an error in their specs or production, they just silently corrected the spec a few months after the introduction. It was a let down for quite a few people (IIRC it was the first hydrophobic down jacket they made). Looking it up, it states a 16oz weight with 9oz of down on outdoor gear lab (seems what I remember) and their site now states only 6oz of down. Even at 6oz many people who own a lot of down gear (Stephen M I think was one of the first to purchase on BPL) thought that 6oz of 800fp seemed generous given the loft of the mojave in side by side comparisons with other sweater weight jackets.

The best we could come up with was they used a medium for total weight and XL for fill weight. May be the same issue going on with alpinis. 7oz vs 5oz is on par with the 50% overspec of the mojave.