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By Japanses Photographer Ranked #1011 - Men's 3-in-1 Jackets November 27, 2007

My english is a little bit rusty. sorry for typos.
I bought mine from a local retail. But I thought this review will help the potential customers. I am a professional photographer and I needed a jacket that keeps me warm and dry for my event photography. So far, I give this jacket A+. I shoot day after day, and I am very particular about my gears. This jacket's Triclimates system allows me to adjust ever changing weather QUICKLY!!!! This prevents me from re-packing my gear, and walk back to my car to get extra rain jacket and an umbrella, this Jackets helps me to stay in location longer comfortably, and it gives me extra edge to increase a chance for a better picture. This Jacket's pit-zip and pocket-vents actually works. This feature helps me to control my changing body temperature when I move location to location. When the vent is open fully, I can really feel cold air gushing in. In a typical stadium or event location, its parking lot is waaaay down from where the activity is. I never want to walk back to my car during a event or a race. Plus a stadium has a sunny warmer side and shadowy cold side with natural wind tunnel. I never ever know where I will be in any giving moment, so this Triclimate is simple but ultimate solution.

The other useful feature is the chin guard. With the jacket being fully zipped, edge of chin guard comes right front my nose. Surprisingly the chin guard position doesn't change when I sit down or up. I haven't used this jacket in heavy rainy yet. But with fully zipped up and hood on, I feel very well protected. I am just hoping waterproof material last longer than a year.

Lastly, two way zipper is always a must for photographers who use belt-pack for location shoots. I keep my lens, filters, batteries, and memory card on my belt pack. The two way zipper allow me to use the bulky belt pack yet let me still have good access to my belt pack.

I exchanged my large to XL. I am 5'10 and 190. Large was tie around my elbows when I hold a camera close to my face. I will recommend to get to get one size larger than your normal size. One size bigger jacket almost look no different. Extra space in your jacket is also useful when you want to protect your small back pack from rain and even thieves.
The price is very fair for its function. All the winter jacket I owned in the past were from old navy. it never snows around here, so this review may not be suitable for hardcore snow mountain hikers. My expectation may be a lot lower than yours. But if you live in south and looking to buy a jacket that is activity oriented that easy on your budget, you should get this.

View Details: The North Face Evolution Triclimate Jacket - Men's

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