Well this jacket is really nice, the 800 fill down is extremely warm. So far I have taken in out in-14 degrees Fahrenheit with just a t-shirt under and I don't notice the cold at all. Well, except for my face, legs and feet lol. The only thing I have found to be kind of a down side is how light weight the outer material is. I am a little scared to walk by a branch with out it ripping. The only other thing is, is the arms on the inside have very minimal down, on the outside arm it has plenty, but the inside of the arms have hardly any down. Not that I have noticed my arms getting cold, I don't know why they would design it like that, maybe because it is made in China. All in all this jacket is really nice and comfy, for all of you in the lower 48 you can't be worried about the cold. Here in interior Alaska, I really have to think about warmth, thus why I am so touchy on the amount of down. Now, the hood is really nice, unlike a lot of other down hooded jackets, when the hood is tightened, it actually helps you see better, not just engulf your head.

This jacket is really nice, but the sizing is really bad. There is a permanent crease in the arms which doesn't help much when the fit is already boxy. There is a ton of room to layer under it and the length of the jacket is really long. I have the Patagonia R2 fleece jacket in a Medium and it fits perfect. I know that this jacket is considered to be a regular fit, but I definitely either should have went with another jacket like the Mountain Hardwear Nitrous or just downsized to a small, which I do not like to do because I would consider myself a medium usually. So just keep in mind, this is not fitted at all.

its nice and all, but because it has that fossil on the sleeve its about $100 dollars overpriced. even getting the one on sale for 130 it felt like it was too much. for something that is fairly warm and does not even block the wind (not supposed to, i know), it is very expensive. i guess if you want people to know you have money to spend than go for it.