I loved the way these looked online and was looking forward to ordering a pair of shorts from a women's manufacturer. To help you in terms of fit, I ordered a size 10 because I prefer my shorts baggy, and I'd usually wear an 8ish in pants. However when I tried these on, the waist was literally falling off - I have a huge butt and small waist but its okay to wear boardshorts riding low - these fell far below my butt line unless they were cinched in with the string, which was only in a tube instead of threaded through a flat waistband and gave unattractive bunching. Oddly, though the waist must have been at least 40 inches wide, the thighs were uncomfortably tight, which I is why I gave it a pass on ordering a size down. The thighs were tight and then flared out again at the knee. To top it off, the fabric was extremely thin and I can't see scrambling around on beach rocks and boats without tearing it.

For $20 this is a good deal. I've been using shitty "over ear" style ear buds for a few years with my ipod, because conventional ear buds don't even come close to fitting in my tiny ear holes. This go "in" your ear, and while they certainly get sore after wearing for more than an hour, they have much, much better sound quality than the outer ear ones. The best part is on planes - they pretty much block everything out. They do pop out easily though if you snag the (super long) cord on anything.

One of the reasons I bought this jacket was the review that mentioned it had long arms - I actually prefer that so they don't ride up if I lift my arms up over my head. However, I'm not sure why the arms are so long and the torso is relatively short in comparison. It's not that long - and does ride up a little when you lift up your arms. But, i DO like the fit - very sculpted, not boxy, so the short length does not seem to matter as much. I do love the extra furry fleece - it's very thick but not shaggy like the monkey fur type fleece. The eco-green is a great color too. One thing you can't see in the pics is the gray powerstretch panel that goes from waist to underarm all the way down to the wrist. It looks okay though in real life.