“Good Value”

“After reading reviews, I had ordered sizing a bit on the large side (for me) in order to achieve both proper fit, and to be able to put other layers under it. As for fit, this part worked out. I am only 5'2" though, and the sleeve size after that was about right for me (size M). i.e.- after puting on several layers underneath, and wearing this coat, the ends of the sleeves naturally hung roughly halfway down my palms, which is how I like coat sleeves to fit. However, I could imagine that someone taller might find the sleeves too short. It was generally comfortable and seemed warm, although I did not wear it outside in cold weather. My primary complaints were that it carried some sort of odor, either from some sort of coating layer, or fabric treatment, or perhaps the feathers themsleves. The coat does seem to have some special waterproofing treatments. In any case, due to my sensitivity to odors, I ended up returning it. Also, I found that some of the inter-baffle striching seemed to have trapped some of the feathers such that they tended to bunch up, and the insulation seemed less evenly distributed as well as less evenly-distributable than desired. This may have been a unique issue with the one that I received though.”