Marmot PreCip Jacket - Men's

Purchased this for those warm and muggy torrential rains we get here in NC. Used several weekends ago at a Backcountry Wilderness First Aid and Air Rescue Training, in 45 degree temps and pouring rain for 3 days straight. Kept me dry and warm, and seemed to hold up well so far even while having to wear a helicopter rescue backpack practically the entire weekend, doing simulated air evacs.

I bought this for my son. We live in South Carolina so don't need a heavy rain jacket. He is 13. He likes the jacket fine and likes the color (Hedge). I bought men's medium and he is 5'5" and 105 pounds, so it fits fine with room to grow. My husband and I have the same jacket.

this jackets nice,not the most breathable but feels good on the skin when training,or just casually when rainy or windy. fit is right on true to size

I purchased this jacket to replace a Gore-Tex jacket that had seen a long life of 10 years. So far this jacket can do anything that jacket did. I have always been a big boy and gained a lot of weight due to medication(52 chest and 46 waist). It makes it hard to find good clothing for people who are large but active. This Jacket fits great, has been exposed to the midwest spring storms and held its own, 45+ MPH winds, rain, Tornado warnings, and temps to 35F. Scotland next month and we will see how it handles the highlands and north sea

This is a great jacket for high aerobic activities such as running on a windy and wet day. Because it is so light the PreCip is perfect to take along during summer hikes just in case it might drizzle or be windy at the summit. Some reviewers have complained about inadequate rain protection - well this is not a Gore-Tex storm shell so don't expect protection in a torrential rain! My major problem with this jacket is that it is not very abrasion-resistant. The PreCip lining around the neck and waist wore off completely after only a few hours of wearing a very light (essentially empty) 25 L backpack!

Light. Packable. Waterproof. Inexpensive. The tall size model fits me great (6'-2", 200 lbs). Can't say anything about durability yet, haven't used it enough....

Jacket kept me dry through 2 days of solid rain in the Smokies. Water seems to bead up nicer on the Precip than it did on my old MH Epic jacket. This jacket could be improved if the hood was a little bit smaller (seems to keep falling off even w/ the cinchcord) and the breathability could also be improved. Overall, the precip is a great 3 season, lightweight, rain jacket, but if you have the dough a jacket that uses Gore-tex Paclite might be the way to go.

A really nice jacket: compact, lightweight, very waterproof, vents are in great locations, roomy hood will fit over a hat. My only complaint is the sleeve length is a bit short, I need to use a glove with a skirt to cover my otherwise exposed wrist

I bought this jacket to lighten up my pack weight. It is very breathable and waterproof. I found it to be extremely comfortable in humid conditions and was not left feeling muggy. The size and weight make it a favorite choice when I am looking to conserve both. This is a fast and light option, not really designed to be indestructible. For the price, it is hard to beat.

I'VE NEVER GOTTEN WET IN THIS JACKET! I've used it for everything- Backpacking, hiking, climbing, low altitude mountaineering, ice climbing, and skiing. I've been in whiteouts, torrential down pores, and just about everything else with this jacket. The fit is perfect. (I'm about 6'1 average build and wear a large) Breathability is great, pit zips give adequate venting, and it is helmet-compatible. Despite numerous run-ins with jagged rocks and sharp branches I've never torn it. Totally worth every cent and more. If you don't want the bulk and price of a comparable Gor-Tex shell this is the one to own.

I just lost my Precip Jacket and Full Zip Pants. Going to buy the same combination because they were just great.

The good: It is waterproof (while it lasts). Just renew the DWR from time to time to retain what little breathability it has. It is light and compresses well. The bad: It doesn't breathe well (the people who complain they got wet while wearing it were likely wet from their own sweat, not because the Precip leaks -- it doesn't). The parts that touch against your body will eventually delaminate from your sweat and start leaking -- it took two years for this to happen with my Precip, but it's history now. Such are the compromises of an ultra-light jacket. At least it's cheap.

In the summer, this jacket is a permanent resident in my pack. I've never felt a drop from the sky after putting it on and zipping up (the front hook and loop closure flaps protect the zipper from leakage), and love using it as a windbreaker on summits. Not burly enough for winter or mountaineering use, and, as others have noted, not the most breathable jacket around, but does its job amazingly as a summer afternoon mountain storm insurance policy.

I have a precip that came with the now discontinued Thunder Ridge. This jacket can't keep you dry from the parking lot to the grocery store. It guzzles Nik Wax to no effect.Maybe mine is defective. I bought mine for a winter jacket since the Thunder Ridge comes with a really warm liner, but as far as rain gear goes, my precip is extremely disappointing. And I doubt theres a 90 dollar jacket anywhere that can weather any "nasty storms". Gore-tex can barely keep you dry when things really turn wet. Thats my experience at least.

If you're looking for a great waterproof jacket @ a great price, the Marmot Precip is for you. Lightweight with plenty of ventilation & packs down to almost nothing. Wears very nicely under a backpack. Last summer I put it through the test coming down from a summit when the wind & rain hit all @ once. It rained continuously for about an hour. My Capilene layer stayed bone dry. Highly recommended for both wind & rain.

ok...this may be over the top, but for those of you purists into form and function, be warned that the inside of the collar is an obnoxious royal blue (not shown), at least in the black color. It's a great jacket though.

Coat works great... nice fit, I like the color I got (lava/bonfire). I think the jacket could breathe a little better, but it's not too bad.

I recommended this jacket to my brother, who is studying in England for a year, and he loves it as much as I do. It keeps the rain out, and lets your skin breathe, so you don't get that rain jacket swamp arm thing going on. I've found it effective in everything from a light rain to an all out downpour with huge raindrops.

I've worn this jacket in lots of light to medium rain, and its done a good job. Its really light and packs into a small space, making it easy to bring along. I haven't used it in a downpour, but am happy nonetheless.

great product. very good fit. very light weight & waterproof.

Used this in Denali for a summer, and this was a pretty sweet jacket. Kept me dry in those Alaskan rain storms and fit pretty well. For the price, you cannot get a better rain jacket.

It serves it function well as a rain-jacket. It is surprisingly breathable, letting hot-damp air out from underneath, while keeping me dry. It was a great test in some humid rain. Best of all it's so light and it's true that it can roll up into the size of a small water bottle. Highly recommend.

This is a terrific jacket. It's very light, shrugs off the rain, and is easily packable. The armpit vents are great to stay cool. And it looks good too (I get many compliments on it). I tried both this and the corresponding Mountain Hardware Epic version and they were very close, but I liked the Marmot Precip better. I highly recommend this jacket!

I just used this jacket on a fly fishing trip on the South Fork River in ID. We were hit with daily p.m. downpours and this jacket was great: it breathes, it's lightweight and it keeps you dry!

The precip is a great alternative to packing the heavy 3-ply gore-tex xcr shell on hiking trips. It takes up significantly less space and weighs a lot less than the XCR, the perfect wind-breaker/foul-weather addition for the usually dry Utah climate.

This is a terrific jacket. It's very light, easily packable, shrugs off rain and breathes--everything it's supposed to do well. And the price is deal.

If you are going to buy one piece of rain gear this season, if it were any lighter, you would sacrifice waterproofing and breath ability.

This jacket is a must for almost any activity that may involve precipitation from 50 to 110 degrees. Vented pit zips, packable, and keeps you dry. Great for biking!

This jacket will keep you dry. Period. I have worn this shell for several years and it still works well. I live in the Smokies, a temperate Rain Forest, so this jacket is tested often. Last summer, I climbed Mt Rainier in this jacket. It rained the whole time we were under the clouds, but I managed to stayed dry! I don't know what it would take to 'need' a more expensive/'better' jacket, but chances are you don't. Bottom Line: Save yourself some money and stay dry doing it.

i like the jacket a lot. i bought it to keep me warm and dry on my trip through europe and it worked like a champ. i kinda wished i had gotten the one with the driclime lining instead, it has a softer feel inside, but now that i have this jacket, i realize it is exactly what i needed. i will keep it as my regular light weather jacket and look for a similar replacement when i wear it out.

Overall the jacket is what I was looking for. Two suggestions, (1) have inside pockets. I thought there were inside pockets until I tried to use what I thought was one and my phone fell through to the ground. (2) I would like more than one hook-and-loop strip that holds the hood in the rolled up position.

After having worn several different types of rain gear, this one has my vote! In true Marmot qualitative style, this jacket is lives up to the superior Marmot engineering for tough conditions. The roll up hood makes this jacket even somewhat stylish! I use it from golfing to backpacking. Well worth the money.

Seemed nice enough: pit zips, new collar design, cuffs and windproof is great. First rain (Portland, OK?) the hood leaked at the brim and back. I got it for Christmas. Here we are in April. The DWR is now shot, and the fabric now soaks in the rain. The "relaxed fit" looks like I need to weigh 250 and wear down under it; since I don't, it billows in the wind. Um, other than that...

I bought this because I knew I would need rain gear. It had gotten numerous positive reviews so I was fairly sure that it would work well. I turned out to be wrong. This jacket works okay in very light rain, but then again so does a windbreaker or a t-shirt. I took a ten minute walk in moderate rain, under trees most of the time and by the time I got to my destination the jacket was soaked through at the shoulders and the arms. In its favor it does breathe very well but I would rather have it shed water worth a crap. On a less serious note, the sizing sucks. I am a tall skinny guy and I got a small and the thing is gigantic on me. I know that rain gear is supposed to fit loosely but I can fit my backpack under the thing with room to spare. Despite being huge on me, the arms are too short so they are constantly riding up if I need to lift my arms to reach something, even with the cuffs tightened as much as possible. So in short, save your money and buy something more expensive that will do the job better. Or buy a cheaper Red Ledge jacket that will actually do its job, albeit while not breathing at all.

A good deal. Very lightweight, appropriately water-retardant, and quite the buy. Sheds water/wind with ease. Layers very well. Doesn't break the bank. I can smunch the bugger down to about double-fist size, and it still has a functional hood and doesn't feel like I'm tearing it apart every time I move (like some 'jackets'). Overall, a great shell for the money. A little bit shiny, but who cares. The fit is generous, so if you're between sizes, lowball it.

Everything as it is advertised to be.

I have never gotten wet wearing this jacket. I mainly use it for BC tours. It packs up light and tight. I am 6'4" and bought a XL so I could put it on over several layers. I could have bought a large and it would still have fit. It breaths alright but with any strenuous activity you will sweat. I only wear it if I have too.

Haven't had it for long but the PreCip is really hydrophobic and sheds water easily. The rain beads up on the shell in a nearly perfect sphere. I like the pitzips, those'll surely come in handy. This jacket is so light and compressible that it is easy to throw it in my bag and take it anywhere I'm going just in case the weather gets wet.

The Precip is a super light, completeley waterproof shell, with quality construction throughout! If mixed conditions and weather are forecasted, then packing the Precip should be a no-brainer. It balls up to the size of a baseball and takes hardly any space in your pack. Although it is really sold as a rain shell, when worn with a soft shell underneath, it is durable enough to be worn as a main outer layer on most excursions. Great water repellency, light weight and a form fitting design make it an outstanding piece of gear!

This jacket has been a great addition to my gear. It's lite weight and easy to stow in my pack.

I've had the Marmot Precip for a month now, and I really like it. I've worn it several times in the rain and stayed dry. I look forward to wearing it on a summer hiking trip, which is what this piece will be ideal for.

I too was lured to this jacket by the tiny pack size, low weight, and very reasonable price. Seemed too good to be true. Well, it is. This jacket will protect you from minor storms at best (when new). I have one that is 3 months old, basically sitting in my pack until the snows came, very little to no wear. Well, this week the snow came in hard during a night hike. Wet, heavy stuff that falls fast and melts on you just as fast. "No Problem", I figure as I zip on my PreCip. Within 15 minutes of heavy, wet snow (about an inch on our pack covers), the shoulders and hood were totally wet out, and leaking badly. Skip this for anything but casual, summer use. You can't afford to be in the winter backcountry with an inferior, leaking shell such as this!

I recently purchased a Marmot Precip jacket and am very satisfied with the product. It does a great job at repelling rain while still allowing good ventilation and breathability. Plenty of room to wear a medium-weight fleece or sweater underneath for added warmth. Jacket itself won't keep you that warm but is a nice, compact shell for light use when a more expensive shell is overkill. Thanks to customer service for advice on correct sizing. Overall a good buy.