I bought this jacket for my BF for Christmas...

By fay2712277 Ranked #663 - Men's 3-in-1 Jackets February 2, 2009

I was searching for a jacket/coat for my bf to wear so he can wear "layers", which is so much better than just a big and thick heavy coat. I found this jacket online and thought for $200 bucks, I can get 2 jackets. I wanted to do some more research on NorthFace since he was obessed with the brand so I went to North Face on Magnificent Mile in Chicago and HOLY COW!!! It is expensive. It cost almost $200 bucks to get just the inner jacket (that is inluding Chicagos high tax of 10.25). So I got a great deal getting online versus getting in the store. I didn't like how it was shipped though, it was shipped UPS in a bag that was semi ripped. I did check the Jacket and it was fine so just glad it got there in one piece. I did just get any old box and wrapped up for him and when he opened it he loved it. I do have to admit I gave the gal who talked to me online regarding jackets heart-ache cause I asked soo many questions, but here is the positives on this Jacket:

1) The outside pockets are not too high, they are at a nice comfortable position to put your hands in to keep them warm. If you are 5'8 - 6'0 it should be fine. Maybe even taller.
2) The color is great, I bought the black with gray with the white stripe.
3) My bf likes to take off the outer coat so if he gets hot, he can take 1 of the jackets off. I think the buttons are much easier to manager than the zippers.
4) This jackets have inner pockets in the shell and the inner jacket.
5) This jacket is warm, but doesn't make you sweat when you wear it. It is also NOT heavy, but keeps you warm. LOL... I should know since it's been snowing so much in Chicago, I had to wear his jacket sometimes since I was freezing when I would go into the city. So I would wear is inner jacket and he would wear is shell with a fleece underneath.
6) My bf said that NorthFace guarantee all their products, I am all for that.
7) NorthFace is durable, since it survived the UPS deliver with the bag torn, but the Jacket was fine.

I do want to thank the staff member who helped me for 2 hours chatting online to direct me to the PERFECT christmas gift. Thank you for your patience and for your customer service, I will be shopping with backcountry.com again.

Sincerely,

A Very Happy Customer

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