In reply to Pedro:
I'd be interested to find out what it's like.
I ordered the Osprey jacket yesterday mid afternoon. The postman tried to deliver it today when I was out, so I won;t know what it's like until I can pick it up tomorrow. But delivery is obviously pretty sharp.
I had an interesting chat with the chap who started the company before I ordered it (it's nice, but pretty unusual to be able to just phone up the owner).
He apparently took the contract to supply Uk police force with his fabrics for their garments from Goretex, so I'm thinking he must have quite a bit going for him.
He also told me one of the scientists on a recent Antarctic expedition took one of his waterproof fleeces down there and voted it second most useful product after the Canada Goose jacket (not that surprising).
I'm a fan of trying to buy things as consciously as possible, and a British made products using British made fabrics, swung it for me. All it needs to do now is live up to my expectations.