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	Mercury Jacket (Back to product)   Home » Jackets    Reviews for the product - Mercury Jacket (Back to product)   Mercury Jacket  20 Product Reviews - Average rating 4.8 / 5 (Best Rated | Worst Rated | Most Recent | Oldest) Click to review this product Mercury Jacket feels custom made Kristi - 11/18/2010 when I tried this jacket on it immediately felt custom made. I have an Olympia jacket that was costly but rarely used as it was so stiff and with my full face helmet restricted my neck movements. this jacket feels like a million bucks and will be great for riding all winter in west Texas and New Mexico on my BMW! Mercury Jacket Brilliant Jacket Bernie - 12/3/2010 Ordered by mail and was a tad nervous, but this jacket is superb. Very pleased with both the quality and performance. Keep it up BMG, Bernie Mercury Jacket awesome jacket Pete - 4/8/2011 Ordered online Sunday, jacket was here Friday. Picture does not do it justice....extremely comfortable and quality workmanship and attention to detail through out WTG BMG Mercury Jacket Fantastic Jacket Gazza from NZ - 8/24/2011 Would give it 5 stars but haven't tested it in the rain yet. Fit and quality is excellent. Very pleased, better than I expected. Ordered it on Friday and it arrived in New Zealand on the Wednesday!! Mercury Jacket Best buy and value... Ron - 3/5/2012 BMG, I just want to thank you for your time at the Charlotte IMS. I received my Mercury jacket on Friday, and the fit is perfect. I've taken it on a 200 mile 45-50 degree trek over the weekend and the comfort and warmth is the best from any of the other jacket I have owned. I think that this will be a perfect fit for NC an mountain riding. Thanks again Cheers Ron Mercury Jacket Great Jacket Bill - 5/2/2012 I've had my jacket for 2 years and love it. It's comfortable through a wide range of temperatures. It is truly waterPROOF as a number of wet adventures have proven. Also survived a couple of 'upsets' with excellent protection for my old bod. When I bought mine I was unsure of the size and got good advice from BMG so it fits beautifully. Mercury Jacket Real-life review: BMG Mercury Ron Arnold - 12/30/2012 Real-life review: BMG Mercury jacket (Photos) Motorcycle Safety Gear May 31, 2011 By: Ron Arnold Subscribe 14 photosView the full slideshow » 0 Email . Public Transportation newsletter + . . Related topics •Motorcycle Safety Gear •British Motorcycle Gear •scooter safety gear . Advertisement Although it's been mentioned before, I'm just now completing a long-term review of the British Motorcycle Gear (BMG) Mercury jacket. I received the jacket as a Valentine's gift and I've been wearing it ever since the second week of February. In a nutshell, it's what I call a 'professional' all-weather jacket, one that you can count on to not only keep you safe, but also to look good while protecting you from all sorts of weather. First, a rundown of the Mercury jacket and BMG. BMG is a company that imports and resells the Belstaff motorcycle safety gear line in the United States, exclusively through the International Motorcycle Show appearances and their on-line store. The Mercury jacket is on the low end of the BMG/Belstaff line, and yet is a highly capable, all-weather, textile jacket. Although the design has some years on it, the Mercury has usability features that are just now being implemented in newer jackets. It comes together very well, and it represents a true three or four season jacket for scooterists and motorcyclists. View slideshow: British Motorcycle Gear Mercury jacket review . The combination of my Fieldsheer vest and the Mercury Jacket is a hi-vis winner! Photo credit: Detroit Scooter Examiner . . The first thing that struck me about the Mercury jacket is it's dual nature. With the substantial liner in place, it feels like a snug winter motorcycle jacket. With the liner out, it feels much looser and more ventilated, almost a summer jacket. The Mercury is highly breathable and you can tell because you never run into that humid feeling that you get with some jackets. Another thing a casual examination of the jacket reveals is the monster KNOX TP2 armor present in the elbows and shoulders of the jacket. It's unlike any other armor that I've seen. It features a texture that resembles bubbles or pillows. They face outward, and the spaces in between the pillows result in a very flexible, light and natural feel for the armor. The back pad is made of the same stuff, and is very well installed and comfortable without being noticeable in daily use. The Mercury is absolutely waterproof. This jacket is so waterproof, I don't feel the need to don my Frog Toggs rain gear on top of it. I wear my Frog Toggs pants during the heavy stuff, but I don't need any additional jacket rain protection than what the Mercury provides. I've been in some real downpours and cold, horizontal wind-blown rain too, without a drop getting to my skin. We've had a lot of rain in SE Michigan this spring, and a lot of cold temperatures. The Mercury has served me very well in all types of weather. When wet, the jacket also dries amazingly fast (maybe it's because the inside never gets wet?). It's that good. Here are some of the things that I like most about the Mercury jacket: Highly reflective: The reflectivity of this jacket is off the charts. It's largely reflective silver and then features 3M Scotchlite piping and the unique illumiNITE reflective fabric on the shoulders. The logos are also reflective! Storage: The Mercury has two smallish, waterproof, external pockets in the usual hand-warmer location, but features an interesting array of pockets on the inside of the jacket, all with zippers. There are three pockets on the inside of the jacket and also an elastic band for something else, perhaps a map? Two of the internal pockets have mesh components so are not waterproof, but they are on the inside, deeper than the substantial (buttons, overlap with grip-strip and a zipper) storm flap. The main 'Napoleon' pocket is very large, located over the left chest area, and is waterproof and protected by the storm flap. There is one pocket in the liner, also zippered, but when the liner is in, the two mesh pockets in the jacket are under the liner, and unaccessible. Details: The thing that keeps bringing me back to the Mercury are the details. Things like the wrist adjusters just seem to work better on this jacket than on some of my other jackets. The grip strip wrist adjuster is very reliable, so much so in fact that I use the cuff zippers to loosen the wrists enough so I can get the jacket off. There is a perforated material just below the soft collar that seems to somehow vent the neck area. The jacket has an aggressive elastic waistband that fits me very well - nice and snug, but it never binds. It's refreshing to have a jacket that seems custom tailored no matter what the season. When I first got the jacket, I was afraid that it was a size too small (I'm 5'10' and 195 lbs and got a large), but after wearing it for half of the poor riding weather season, I realized that it's a perfect fit for me. Nice and snug with the liner in, and just a bit looser with it out. Improvements: Although it's my favorite all-weather jacket, the ventilation is a little behind the times. Maybe it's because the British Motorcycle Gear/Belstaff guys bias waterproofing over ventilation or perhaps it's because I'm using a high-visibility vest over the jacket, but I don't get a lot of air through the jacket in the warmer weather. I do like the extra room that I get when the liner is removed, and it's a good compromise to remove the liner when it gets warmer. There is an extraction vent of sorts near the bottom edge of the back of the jacket, and perhaps that's what's providing the ventilation when the open zips are blocked/held closed by my vest. I'd also like the liner to be updated to reflect a modern dual-use strategy. I'd like to be able to wear the liner as an acceptable-looking light jacket by itself. Right now it looks like a traditional liner for a motorcycle jacket, i.e. utilitarian. The quality is very high on the liner, don't get me wrong, but it has the slightly shorter arms and various tabs and zippers that show that it's really not for solo use. Some people have complained about the hard plastic grip strip closure by the neck (and BMG now includes extra fasteners to address it), but I've not had a problem with it, even with my 17 1/2 inch neck. All in all, the BMG Mercury jacket is an amazingly flexible jacket and must be high on the list for a scooterist looking for one jacket that does it all. Try one yourself the next time the International Motorcycle Show pulls into town. Mercury Jacket Great Jacket Monte - 2/25/2013 I haven't had the jacket too long but the first outing with the jacket was outstanding. The jacket kept me warm and was extremely comfortably. I couldn't ask for more... Click to review this product « Previous | 1 | 2 | Next »

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