Fjällräven Numbers

Numbers is the range Fjällräven builds when durability matters more than weight. Launched in 2012, each piece uses G-1000 Eco with HeavyDuty panels at the shoulders, sleeves and back — the places a jacket wears

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About Fjällräven Numbers

Built to be repaired

Most outdoor clothing is designed to be durable and then, eventually, thrown away. Numbers was designed around the assumption that it won't be. Launched in 2012, every piece uses G-1000 Eco — recycled polyester and organic cotton — with G-1000 HeavyDuty panels placed exactly where a jacket wears through first: the shoulders where a rucksack sits, the sleeves, the seat of the back. Those panels are constructed to be replaced. So is the hardware. Even the leather details are made from spill leather, the offcuts left over from other production. It's a slower and more expensive way to make a jacket, and it produces one you keep for twenty years rather than five.

Anorak No. 8, Smock No. 1, Jacket No. 68

The three main pieces do the same job at different lengths and levels of complexity. The Anorak No. 8 is the pull-on: a two-way front zip that unbuttons and folds aside for ventilation, long side zips so you can get it on over layers, and a kangaroo pocket you can reach from the top or the sides. Smock No. 1 is longer with considerably more storage — the pockets take the contents of a small rucksack, which is the point of it. Jacket No. 68 is the full-zip, the most conventional of the three and the easiest to wear off the hill. All have the same adjustable storm hood with a folding visor, which sets to either maximum wind protection or better peripheral vision depending on how you position it.

Sizing, and the wax

The Anorak No. 8 runs larger than the rest of the Fjällräven range, deliberately, because it's meant to go over a fleece and an insulated layer. If you're buying it as a town jacket rather than a trekking one, consider sizing down. G-1000 arrives wind and water resistant but not waterproof — Greenland Wax adds that, applied heavily across the shoulders and hood where rain lands and lightly elsewhere so the fabric still breathes. The Down Jacket No. 16 is the outlier here: reversible, and meant as the warm layer underneath rather than the shell.

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Fjällräven Numbers FAQs

Fjällräven's most durable range, launched in 2012. Each piece uses G-1000 Eco with G-1000 HeavyDuty reinforcement at the shoulders, sleeves and back, and is built so worn sections can be replaced rather than the garment discarded.

The numbers are style references rather than a sequence — Anorak No. 8, Smock No. 1, Jacket No. 68, Down Jacket No. 16. Each number stays with its garment across seasons and colours, which is how the range is organised.

The Anorak No. 8 is a pull-on with a two-way front zip and a kangaroo pocket. Smock No. 1 is cut longer with far more storage — its pockets will take the contents of a small rucksack. Both use the same fabric and the same storm hood.

Yes, deliberately. It's cut to go over a fleece and an insulated layer on a winter trek. If you're buying it to wear in town over a shirt, sizing down is worth considering.

A heavier version of G-1000, used only where wear is worst — shoulders, sleeves, the extended back. The rest of the garment stays in standard G-1000 so it doesn't become unnecessarily stiff or heavy.

Only if you want water resistance. G-1000 comes wind and water resistant but not waterproof. Greenland Wax adds that — heavy across the shoulders and hood, lighter elsewhere so the fabric keeps breathing. It wears off and you reapply.

Yes, subject to stock. We hold Fjällräven at both Yards Store shops — 13 Old Bank Street in Manchester and 86 Pinstone Street in Sheffield. Numbers is a smaller range, so call ahead before travelling for a particular piece.