[Review] North Face 1996 nuptse from Wannabuy

Hey guys back after a lil holiday away and some delayed hauls thanks to the new years lmao.

Today I’m reviewing the 1996 retro nuptse from Wannabuy/Trendyclub. Seen some great reviews already comparing it to huskys batch before he disappeared and initially from the product pics on their yupoo they do look like they have the same items and factory.

QC and weight looked great and I was super excited to recieve this. After 3 weeks of being stuck in china I finally received it and man am I happy!

It’s definitely the husky batch with the overfilled down than retail. This thing is puffy! It’s easy to tell it’s down too because of how it’s a lil clumpy that a cotton would. It was “vacuum sealed” but not so much that it actually crushed the jacket just enough to reduce the size of it and it expanded right back up without needing to fluff it out really. A small bit of down also came out as I was puffing it out a bit so that also confirms it’s real down filling.

The material is actually better quality than what I remember from huskys jacket I had in 2021. His also smelled like dog lol. It’s a lot thicker nylon with a better construction overall. The tags and embroidery on both sides look great, same with the 700 embroidery.

As for sizing I went with Large. It fits me 5’11 really well I would say. I added photos for reference. Working on getting my hands on some other batches of nuptses to compare the rest like I did with the arcteryx.

Super happy with this purchase and for once something actually feels top quality across the board.

10/10 overall. links in comments