Patagonia  Tres 3-in-1 Parka - Women's

I'm leaving an honest review after looking at men's and women's jackets for 2 months before purchasing 3 brands for different people. this is the latest purchase. My wife honestly loved it. She would fit a Large, but got an Xlarge to accommodate extra layers. she said it's very warm and could not tolerate more than 10 min in Ikea before overheating. She likes the shape of the hood, which allows for a pony tail, the fact that it's water proof, the comfort, and the length in which it covers her down to half her thigh, as she is curvy. I would definitely try it on before purchase and sit down to ensure it bends at the waist. She wore her 3 in 1 Parka with just a short in 28 degrees F, and she's very warm and comfortable. Due to the good down fill, she believes it will be comfortable enough down to between 0 to 10 degrees F with an extra layer. Sort of a con is that it does not come with stretch cuffs to block wind at the wrists, but she likes the length of the cuffs, since she can tuck her hands into the sleeves and not need gloves anyway (the size is a little larger for her). She doesn't like those types of cuffs anyway and prefers the open cuff like most retail jackets. Consider this: wide trunk cuts and normal diameter sleeves are for layering with vests and shirts, otherwise you'd get a larger size overall that would not accommodate you. It may not be as asthetically pleasing as a typical sleeve and trunk cut, but it accommodates for weather. Patagonia and Arc'teryx are both high quality and performance. Arc'teryx slightly more so in technical details, but with a huge price jump. Patagonia is stylish, warm, high quality, well designed, ethical, and great as well, just a somewhat different company focus. Sizing it is normal. She chose a larger size to accommodate her 'thicc'. I would recommend to 'thicc' girls 100%. It's not hyper stylish with the outer layer only, but in my guy opinion, that's fine, since it provides strong weather and warmth performance and has a wider trunk diameter cut. It still gives some shape. With only the inner layer, it's great, looks like a Puff jacket. When zipped up, the mouth is covered for extra warm. It looks great zipped, partly open, and full open. Her absolute favorite part is that the pockets are deep and can accommodate a 6/8 in purse without falling out. Note, this is a Xlarge Jacket, so the pockets may be smaller in smaller size.

I thought this would be the perfect coat because of its length, waterproof and windproof layer, and a 700 fill insulated layer. I was shocked to find that I could practically count the few down/feathers in each square. it does not have any loft. I own multiple down vests and coats with fill levels of 500 and one coat with a fill level of 850. This coat does not come anywhere close to the loft of even my 500's. I thought about keeping it for the the top layer and putting it over one of my current down coats but it won't fit over them because they actually have down in them! This coat is horribly disappointing, especially for a brand like Patagonia. I have shown this coat to lots of friends and they all agree that there is very little down in it.