Endura Windchill II review

We test Endura's Windchill II thermal cycling gilet, which comes in red or black with five pockets

Endura Windchill II thermal gilet

Endura Windchill II thermal gilet best gilet buyers guide

Cycling Weekly Verdict

High quality and good insulation, but fit and weight let it down

Reasons to buy
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    Excellent quality

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    Lots of pockets

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    Good insulation levels

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    Good value

Reasons to avoid
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    Heavy

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    Comes up very large

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    Not pocketable

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The excellent-quality Windchill II features three deep, open pockets and a fourth smaller zipped pocket on the rear. A fifth zipped pocket on the front has a headphone port and a little cloth for wiping sunglasses sewn into it — all nice touches. There’s an elastic hem with silicone grippers to keep the gilet in place and stop it riding up.

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Oliver Bridgewood - no, Doctor Oliver Bridgewood - is a PhD Chemist who discovered a love of cycling. He enjoys racing time trials, hill climbs, road races and criteriums. During his time at Cycling Weekly, he worked predominantly within the tech team, also utilising his science background to produce insightful fitness articles, before moving to an entirely video-focused role heading up the Cycling Weekly YouTube channel, where his feature-length documentary 'Project 49' was his crowning glory.