I love Arc'teryx but I'd never been too happy with the fitting of their mid-layers. I have a broad shoulder and long arms despite compared to my ~38" chest, which kinda falls in the "small" size range (albeit being on the larger side of that sizing's range). So I've had the toughest time finding a good fitting mid layer fleece that hugs my chest and especially my waist in modern fitting fashion. The maverick does this better than any other fleece midlayer I've tried in recent years. The cut is modern (chest around 40" and the waist cut doesn't balloon up like most jackets), design is simple and sophisticated, and polartec fabric kicks butt as usual - keeps the heat while wicking away the sweat (it's amazing how fast the moisture transfers out the exterior of the jacket). I wish the sleeves were a tad longer, but like i said, my shoulders are a bit broad and my arms are disproportionately long (i prefer ~35" from center back to wrist...i think these are ~34"), so it shouldn't be an issue for the general mass. Got it in abyss blue, the color contrast between the blue fabric and Arc'teryx print in white looks pretty slick. Why no five stars?!?!?! well, both of the hand pocket zippers don't go all the way up, leaving a small gab at the top when zipped up!!!!

I wear these fleece all the time. I find it to be both warm and stylish and the sleeves are long enough in an XL to fit my 6'4" frame. As with all arc'teryx stuff, you are going to have to pay the price for it. I bought mine on sale (older version) from SAC about a year ago and its still working great.

this is a solid fleece jacket,much better than the infamous denali,is much more confortable than the denali and as warm as the denali,the outer fabric doesn't pill like regular fleece does,the inside is regular fleece and the outside is like the nf delta pullover,perfect combination.5' 9'' 200, and i got the xl to use it as an outerlayer