Columbia Sportswear Aristocrat Jacket - Soft Shell (For Men)

Like the look and feel. Not bulky like a ski jacket for walking around town.

Got lots of compliments on this jacket. I bought it for warmer weather skiing and liked it so much I added a long sleeve t-shirt to my silk and a thin fleece jacket underneath and used it on a snow day. I will use this as a jacket fro everyday use in winter.

I love the colot and the style

Item was better than expected. More than enough pockets, very light weight, warm and stylish. As stated above, the problem is with the sleeve openings, there is no adjustment straps or the elastic is very loose to keep the cold out. Problem solved by putting hands in the lined pockets to keep extra warm.

Use it for hiking and love it.

I would recommend this jacket. However, I returned the jacket for another product

I'm an architect and notoriously aesthetically picky and I'm tellin' you this is cool looking. I'm also very long armed(37" sleeve in dress shirts) and the sleeves are long even on me. If you're not big around in the chest get the next size smaller unless you intend to possibly wear something bulky underneath. The black color is a sort of patchy grey, so look carefully at the photo. You have to zoom way in to really get an idea of what it looks like. I've had good experiences with Columbia products in general thus far and this is the coolest thing I've gotten. This is well made, we'll see how well it wears. Very happy with this item for what I spent.

Would be a sweeet jacket based on materials (between a shell and a full jacket), but had ugly speckled coloring (not just black, black plus white specks) and giant weird pockets on the front which tended to puff out and look weirder.

I bought it for a raincoat in Hawaii and also on the PCT in the summer. I had heard that Columbia Sportswear had sized all their jackets one size larger to please the fatties. I should have paid attention! By rolling the sleeves up, this jacket is fine, and it will be useful in rainstorms to have my hands dry, but it kind of takes away from the aristocrat image.