REVIT Womens Tornado 4 Jacket

The Tornado 3 jacket series is billed as a lightweight summer adventure jacket, with benefits. And that it is. But those benefits extent well beyond piloting a burly ADV bike through the backcountry. In fact, the Tornado 3 is one of the better looking and more functional city summer jackets we’ve come across. It comes with substantial molded Level 2 armor at the elbows and shoulders (*the back is extra), and a zip-in/zip-out thermal/waterproof liner that’ll extend the range of this excellent pick from spring through fall. This jacket is the 3rd edition of the Tornado line from REVIT, our favorite Dutch adventure apparel company, and 3rd time is proving to be the charm. The basic outline remains the same—a rugged 3-season shell with a zip-out, full-sleeve liner that provides both warmth and waterproofing. In this latest installment, the internal liner can be worn on its own as a passable destination layer. It’s (almost!) 100% functional as a casual piece, less two small vestigial zippers on the front of the jacket. Totally legit for campsite use, or on its own, among friends, who will only mildly rib you for two random chest zippers. But the real benefit of the Tornado is its wide gauge mesh outer panels. Take that inner liner away and this thing breathes like a screen door. All Summer Long, this is a go-to city or trail jacket. The high-abrasion areas of the jacket—shoulders, back, elbows, are make from a reinforced “Power Shell” 750D Cordura-type material. For best results, layer over the jacket with the excellent Klim Forecast or Stow Away rain shell, or any other quality moto-specific rain jacket, which will keep you doubly waterproof in this case, and save you from needing to dry out the shell of this jacket after you get caught riding through a deluge.