Down allergies! DARN!!

By R02138 Ranked #2395 - Men's Down Jackets January 6, 2010

If you are allergic to down do not even consider this jacket. (If you are not allergic to down, this jacket is nearly perfect.)

I LOVED the lightweight fabric, the plush feel, the light-weight warmth, even the color. EASY to move around in. Men's L fit my 6', 178-lb, long-armed body perfectly (35" dress sleeves). But I am allergic to down and started to wheeze the minute I put this on. I kept trying it for a few days with the hopes that I was making it up, but I was not. Generally I love Marmot even more than Patagonia, but the Patagonia down sweater does not give me the same trouble. Please, Marmot, downproof this jacket more or use better-quality down. Otherwise this jacket is a SUPERSTAR!!

As for the beer gut comment going around... the Patagonia down sweater this year is bigger in the gut than before, and while this isn't going to make anyone look slim, I had the same beer gut problem with the Patagonia down-sweater as with this. I looked trimmer in the Zeus.

The Marmot Baffin is a reasonable down alternative (synthetic down), though it's not as warm as the Zeus, and the gargoyle grey color on the Baffin is shinier and more synthetic-looking than on the Zues. With the Baffin I look like I'm walking around in a Hefty steel-sak garbage bag with a sick yellow-green tie. Oh, well, at least I'm not wheezing.

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