dhb Aeron Women's Full Protection Soft-shell jacket review

The performance-fit dhb Aeron Women's Full Protection Soft-shell jacket vows to keep you warm when the temperature plummets, so we took it for a chilly ride to find out.

dhb Aeron Women's Full Protection Soft-shell jacket
Cycling Weekly Verdict

The race-cut dhb Aeron Women's Full Protection Soft-shell jacket is a great performer for the price, managing to keep you warm at all levels of activity on some of the coldest days. 

Reasons to buy
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    Windproof

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    Water resistant

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    Ergonomically shaped cuffs

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    Reflective details

Reasons to avoid
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    Not brilliant at sweat wicking

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When it comes to winter riding, working out what to wear is hard. You need something robust enough to keep you warm in freezing conditions, but not cook you when you start working hard. Something that blocks the wind but is breathable at the same time; resistant to rain but wicks sweat.

>>> Winter cycling survival guide: 10 helpful tips to keep you riding

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Hannah Bussey

Hannah is Cycling Weekly’s longest-serving tech writer, having started with the magazine back in 2011. She has covered all things technical for both print and digital over multiple seasons representing CW at spring Classics, and Grand Tours and all races in between.

Hannah was a successful road and track racer herself, competing in UCI races all over Europe as well as in China, Pakistan and New Zealand.

For fun, she's ridden LEJOG unaided, a lap of Majorca in a day, won a 24-hour mountain bike race and tackled famous mountain passes in the French Alps, Pyrenees, Dolomites and Himalayas. 

She lives just outside the Peak District National Park near Manchester UK with her partner, daughter and a small but beautifully formed bike collection.