Columbia

Barlow Pass 550 Turbodown Jacket - Men's

not as good as it seems

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I have owned the Maguire Place II jacket from Columbia for a long time. And when I was looking for new one I wanted it to be similar to old. Unfortunately, everything turned out to be not as good as it seemed to me in the photo on webstore (due to the lack of a jacket in Ukraine, I bought it blindly in two sizes S and M). My height is 170 centimeters (5 feet 7 inches) The jacket is very large, and the above-mentioned Maguire Place II in size M is smaller than this one in size S, which makes it hang on me like a bag, and feels too. In addition to this, the ergonomics are terribly thought out, the jacket is simply inconvenient to use, I don’t understand how, with so much experience, it was possible to make such a craft.... Below is a list of shortcomings (you can see in the pictures): 1 and 8. The jacket is lower and the pockets are sewn in such a way that the hand does not reach them, you can see this (perhaps not much) by the angle of the elbow. Also, using the chest pockets causes pain in the joint after some time. 2. The sleeves look like they were took from another jacket, even with the presence of fluff inside they could have been smaller 3. The hood is made separately from the collar, and does not have a normal regulation system. When walking around the city, it was simply blown away by the wind. The existing adjustments could not solve the problem (7). In addition, in the removed position it cannot be tightened further by covering the back of the head from the wind. And after Maguire Place experiense it looks awful. 4. I didn’t think it would play a big role, but it turned out to be quite important. As a left-hander, it was very convenient for me to hide the phone in the right chest pocket, but here it isn't exist, using other pockets is less convenient (5). 5. The existing chest pocket is lined, which makes it difficult to use. 6. Sleeve adjustment doesn't look neat. The cuff itself is quite thick, I found it uncomfortable to wear the gloves. Together, this put pressure on the hand. 7. As mentioned above, adjusting the hood is useless, just like the hood itself. One of the advantages I can say is that in light rain the jacket did not get wet or blow out. Comfortable at 0 degrees Celsius, I wasn't manage to test at lower temperatures.