very warm. designed to keep drafts out. well made.

My husband LOVES this coat. My husband has slightly longer arms and hates when his normal size large feels short in the arms. These jacket sleeves fit just right!

I read all the reviews carefully before buying this coat. I already have a north face down coat and a marmot down coat. Both are considerably more expensive and so far I like this coat as much or more. Most of the reviews are consistent with a few off in left field but this seems to be a very good quality reasonably priced warm coat with a lot of special features that I think I will enjoy going forward! My only complaint is that it took nearly a month to actually receive it for some unknown reason!Glad I bought it!!As an addition I live in Chicago and today the wind chill is negative 25 and I’m walking my dog. This is a warm warm well designed coat and I love it!!

I absolutely love this coat. It kept my 16 year old son so warm...the water truly did bead off of my baby like he was a big 16 year old almost 6 ft duck. I can tell my son was warm...I cannot sing this products praises enough. I just hope when my 11 year old is 16 this coat will still be around so I can buy one for him too. :)I was searching for a coat that will keep water and cold away from my baby. And this coat delivered. Just cannot stress how much I LOVE this coat!!! Love it!!! If you want a warm coat that will get you baby warm or your man if you are married...do not pass up this coat...it is quality just like they promised!!! :)

Zipper on opposite side for men

It was warm. Cheap zippers with no zipper pulls. Waist cinch sizing was cheaply made and mine broke that’s why I’m sending it back. Should have heavier elastic cuffs with no thumb hole.

first off, this thing is EXTREMELY warm, enough so that it's overkill if the temperature is above 30°F, and enough so that it's a godsend on a truly wintry and windy day.Some describe it as lightweight, but I would not. My guess is that this is a description given by those who don't have experience with down jackets, almost all of which are much more lightweight than this one, and is why down jackets are so popular with "through hikers" — those who are hiking and backpacking multiple days. This jacket is probably a pound or two heavier.But that is because this down filled jacket is easily twice as thick, maybe more so, than any down jacket I've ever owned (about 5, or 9 if you include down vests). But with a typical down jacket, it is necessarily just one of several layers I use/need when the temperatures dip into the teens or lower because, unless I'm doing something with heavy exertion (a brisk uphill hike or trail run), your typical down jacket is insufficient in really cold stuff. This, however, is not a typical down jacket. it alone is the only outerwear I need over my shirt if I'm going out for a walk when Fahrenheit temperatures are in the teens. It's that warm. And that is why it is heavier than most down jackets, even if it's lighter in weight than most winter coats/jackets filled with synthetic material. It also has a thicker/sturdier surface material than most down jackets, which can easily snag and rip went hiking to close to bushes or trees. This one is thicker, and also, because of its thickness aand tight weave no doubt, blocks the wind better than any of my other down jackets – and probably attributes to its overall greater weight.But why did I title this review "The most thoughtfully designed winter coat"?Because of the thoughtful details that make it a better coat. Let me count the ways:1. A genuinely warm hood – many winter jackets skimp with the installation of the hood. Not this.2. An adjustable hood — drawstrings that allow you to tighten it to match your head size and keep out more wind.3. A removable hood — With the design being warmth-first, the hood, in my opinion, is a relatively unattractive element of the design of the coat, but the fact that it's easily zipped or unzipped to remove it completely from the jacket means that I can leave it off if I'm using it on a day above 20°F-ish.4. The built-in "glove like" thing sticking out at the bottom of the sleeves does a great job of keeping the warmth and and the cold out.5. Massive & zippable side pockets! "Zippable" is essential if you are being physically active while wearing this so that its contents stay inside the pocket. When I say they are massive, I mean you can fit a paperback or an Amazon Kindle inside it!6. cinch-able at the bottom via a drawstring that's hidden away inside the left-hand pocket means you can keep the wind from sneaking up from underneath the coat.Thoughtful features. Collectively, they make this jacket almost Arctic-mountaineering-worthy.Any negatives? If you wanted a truly Arctic-style mountaineering coat, you would likely also want zippers in the armpits for ventilation if you are out hiking vigorously and want to prevent perspiration. I didn't count this as a negative on my star rating of the coat since it does not purport to be an Arctic-style mountaineering coat. So, maybe not the right one if you plan to do Mt Everest, But then look at the price; jackets designed for doing Mount Everest typically start around $800 and go much higher. This one, for about 10% the cost, is plenty adequate for just about everything else.

Seems to be a nice quality jacket, unlike the Eddie Bauer jacket I also ordered. It was almost half the price, but very thin and cheaply made. I'll be keeping this jacket and sending the Eddie Bauer down jacket back!