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By Ryan Swank Ranked #38 - Men's Fleece Jackets January 19, 2012

I got this as a cold weather counterpart to my Mountain Hardwear Alchemy (which I absolutely love and can't recommend more highly - both collar and waist cinch) but is not very warm.
I thought this might be just what I wanted when I didn't feel like donning my down sweater.
The medium was a great fit (I'm 5'11" 180) and love the fact that this didn't exhibit the typical Patagonia chest poof. Initially I was concerned with lack of hem cinch as others have pointed out but was pleased to see that the fit was nicely snug for me. I had even noticed that there was an open channel all the way from zipper to zipper in the fabric where you could put your own cinch in the hem.
The deal breaker for me, however, was the large cuffs and lack of any elasticity whatsoever. I could almost already feel the cold wind shooting straight up my arms even though I was inside.
If the cuffs were "stretch-knit" like the excellent Arcteryx Strato http://www.backcountry.com/arcteryx-strato-fleece-jacket-mens.html then I would have kept this.

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