Ended up being a disappointment.

By Andrea Ranked #3115 - Women's Down Jackets November 21, 2008

Bought this jacket and was SO EXCITED. Then it got warm for a few days and I had to wait to wear it. When I finally got to wear it, I wore it running errands. Looked FANTASTIC on, sweater-like fit, warm. Got home at the end of the day, satisfied with my jacket and the compliments that it got. Laid it down on the table before I hung it up and noticed a leaky feather poking out the inside liner. I've owned other down jackets. I know they lose a feather and there. This is supposed to be down-proof fabric. This feather "stem" had torn a rather large (not literally large- but usually the feathers sneak out without damage) hole right the back inside of the. Maybe it was a fluke- but I kinda thought..if this could happen after a partial day of gentle errand running- and on the INSIDE of the jacket, what could happen if I was playing outside for the day. Was just disappointed. I guess I expected more from North Face. I really loved this jacket, but expect a jacket to hold up more... The down jacket I'm replacing was 5 years old- beat up like crazy and patched together- performance wise, it could have gotten me through another year, looks wise, it was in need of replacement. It doesn't seem like this could hold up for 5 years!!! Ended up getting a Mountain Hardware Sub Zero Parka- the look is totally different, but I'll get more coverage for the cold MN winters!! If it wasn't for the internal hole, I think I would have loved this jacket.

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