The North Face Elysium Down Jacket - Men's - 2010 BCS

Not a bad jacket. However, the chest, sides and arm are NOT baffled construction, and are instead sewn-through; the back is baffled though.
This jacket is intended as a midlayer, to be worn over a baselayer and possibly a light fleece, and under a shell. Definitely not a stand alone piece.

The 'Summit Series' is a bit of a misnomer from North Face. With a name like that, you'd think it would be bomb-proof. In fact it's designed for active use, to be worn when you are actually summitting a peak, not sitting in your tent or at basecamp. There's just not enough insulation for that.
As an example of this, I was plenty warm in 5* F weather with a t-shirt underneath when moving furniture from an unheated storage shed into the back of my pickup for 2-3 hours. That same night, when walking from the parking lot to the library on campus, which is about a 15 minute walk, in 10* F weather, I was very cold with just my t-shirt under. So again, desngned to keep your warm if you're being very active.

I also find that many North Face products run short in your normal size, and if you want extra length you have to size up, and are then left with a HUGE jacket. This has been true in the Denali WindPro and this jacket.

pros: very versatile from the amount of fill, waist can be pulled tight to lock in heat when you're winter camping or opened up to vent on warmer days. Packs down pretty well and with the pertex quantum shell material it's about as light as its going to get with the amount of fill it has. Also I get lots of comments on the colors (older model of this jacket, blue/kiwi green)

Cons: I noticed that sometimes the waist cinches would work their loose, not huge, but annoying at times

The jacket doesn't look like on picture. Totally different colors AND THE MIDDLE ZIPPER ISN'T GREEN as it shown on picture.
Jacket is kinda small.
i HAVE ORDERED IT TO THE OTHER COUNTRY SO NOW i CANNOT RETURN IT. uNFORTUNATELY