Overall the Ghost Shadow weighs 330g. That’s not that light but also not heavy either. In fact, it’s a fair bit lighter than it’s most similar competitor, the North Face Thermoball Eco (440g). Still, you can certainly get lighter and warmer jackets but they’d more often than not cost a few bucks more than this does.

Features

It’s fairly simple on the features front. You have a hood that will fit comfortably underneath a climbing helmet, elasticated cuffs that can be pulled over gloves and a full length zip with a storm flap, beard guard, toggled hem and then four pockets altogether: two in and two out. The outer handwarmer pockets, one of which doubles as a stuff sack, are zipped and are big enough to fit an OS map while the two dump ones on the inside are nice and deep – perfect for sticking your gloves.

Tester’s Verdict

Will Renwick, Outdoors Magic editor

“I’ve never really been let down by any PrimaLoft-filled jackets. The ones with PrimaLoft Gold fill are particularly good. Silver, as you can guess, is second-rate in comparison. It feels less lofty than Gold and more like standard sheet insulation. It’s still good though.

“The feel of it is quite similar to down; padded, slightly lofty and light.”

“This is a decent jacket. It’s warm but not super warm. For instance, I’d be happy to wear it as my sole insulator for any wild camping evenings in the summer, but in winter, especially in freezing conditions, I’d want a much thicker insulated jacket on top of it, or perhaps a thick rain coat. Fortunately, I found that it does have the kind of trim that will allow you to comfortably fit another layer over it. I’d say you’d only really struggle to get a very close fitting waterproof on top of it.

On the subject of the fit, I did find it a bit boxy on me – as if it’s cut for people who might have bit of extra bulk around the belly.

“I do have a couple of other small gripes. First of all the fabric is very noisy. It kind of crackles. Then there’s the fact that the handwarmer pockets, while big inside, only have short-ish openings which are tricky to access when you’re wearing a hipbelt or harness. Still, at £100 you can’t really complain too much can you? That’s great value for a PrimaLoft jacket, especially one with such impressive eco creds.”