Sherpa Adventure Gear Down Jacket - Thyangboche (For Men)

Fluffy, lightweight, warm pockets, great jacket.

I have used this jacket in the city and the mountains cross country skiing when the temperatures have reached as low as -20 celsius and I have been comfortable with only a softshell underneath it. The jacket is not super puffy as other down jackets so it is also easy to layer a waterproof shell over it without looking too bulky. In terms of fit, I am slim build and this jacket fits great. Not as snug as the Columbia Alpino reversible down jacket in the arms and not as loose as the TNF Nuptse jacket. Other minor details that makes this jacket great are: 1) partial fleece liner at the collar near the face so its comfortable to wear when fully zipped 2) the windflap behind the zipper is stiffened to retain its shape to block the wind 3) a partial drawcord at the back to adjust the jacket so that it fits closer to the body and decrease the dead air space. This is the only down jacket that I have seen out of 12 with this feature. 4) the measured back length of this size small jacket is 27 inches when the jacket is placed on a flat surface without stretching the fabric. This is 4 inches longer than the TNF Nuptse size small jacket that I also own. The longer back length certainly helps to keep the cold air from entering from the back The only thing that I am still trying to get used to is the zippers for the pockets. The zippers is opposite of most jackets in the sense that you would have to pull the zipper down to close the pocket. This could be a bit of problem if you have lots of stuff in the pockets and items could fall out if you forgot to close it. The only thing to make this a perfect jacket would be to have an emergency hood that can be pulled out. The overall quality of this jacket is just excellent and as good or better than some of the bigger name companies out there. If you find one, I suggest you get it before its sold out because I haven't see too many of these for sale in online shops.

This jacket seems to be well made. I was at Mt. Whitney last weekend and wore it when it got cold. The jacket isn't big and puffy. It is thin and puffy. Nice sleeves and wrist cuffs. I particularly liked the pockets. They have a very think nylon skin next to the body so that body warmth can heat your hands and on the back side of the hands there is soft fleece. The pockets are terrific. I hope this is warm enough for Mt. Kilimanjaro. I really liked this jacket and look forward to using it in Africa.

Great jacket although the chest runs pretty big--I could probably fit a small watermelon along with my chest. I have rather long arms with a rather small chest (I'm 6'3"/160lbs) yet the size small fits me fairly well. Packs small, they probably could have knocked 33% off the size of the stuff sack. But it's warm, bordering on hot. I don't think that I will get cold while wearing this jacket.

A great three season jacket. Even though it is very light it can handle extreme cold.