Mountain Hardwear  Stretchdown Parka - Men's

5 11' 190. The fit for size L is right in the middle of standard: not loose or baggy, but enough room for a sweater. It is not the trendy hipster straightjacket fit. While not quite as insulated as the heaviest coats there is certainly a good amount of down for a "parka". Hard to see from photo, but there are two sizable breast pockets. It is hard to know what the reports of displaced down mean. You may see washing instructions for down coats, and be encouraged to "pack it into its pocket". Both of these things will ruin your brand new down coat. REI knows this, (although not your friendly salesperson). All in all, seems like a solid high quality jacket. Recommended.

Agree with other reviews that the shoulder tops let in a LOT of cold air. Because the down pockets are all continuous and connected, when you wash it the down can literally go from one side of the jacket to the other. Anytime I wash it (following care instructions to the letter), all the down is collected in 1-3 sides of the jacket and I have to painstakingly sift it around chamber by chamber. The shoulders and arms always lose their down to other parts of the jacket, so there’s just no insulation in these areas after you wash it. If you’re a robot who doesn’t sweat or have BO, then you can just never wash it and this won’t be an issue, but if you’re a human being like me it kinda sucks.

I enjoy the jacket. Its warmth and size are great. However, I have the combat green, and the material shows EVERYTHING. Even in the rain, the water cause color discoloration that remains even after it dries. I wouldn’t recommend this jacket to be worn in any sort of precipitation, or anywhere where it would risk getting stained. I have washed the jacket 3 times now in accordance with the directions inside the coat - and the stains remain and even often get worse.

unhappy with this. the hood is too small, the shoulder tops let in a lot of cold air and the double zipper always requires fumbling with them to get it to zip. I bought this because I already own the stretchdown hooded jacket and was pleased with it, but tore it. it had none of these issues.

This is a great jacket. Fit is good and extremely warm too. Just after showing down the temperature dropping into the 20's and we got a N.E. wind.