jon1996
12-11-2006, 02:09 PM
This is my first review but I wanted to do this...
Some of you may recall seeing a few posts of mine asking about Jackets, Well after 2 months of looking on the net and in stores, I settled on the Landsend Extreme Squall Jacket.. This is the Landsend link below
Landsend Extreme Squall Jacket (http://www.landsend.com/cd/fp/prod/0,,1_2_1931_68640_130781_109228_5:view=59,00.html? CM_MERCH=PAGE_62&sid=2676196665338191610)
First off The Fit of this jacket is perfect! Everything is right where it should be! And I am a picky shopper about what I wear, Plus alot of sizes are not what they list, I can now say that Carhartt and Landsend must be working together because they are the only 2 Clothing sizes that fit me
The stiching is superb! Each zipper has a waterproof coating on them for when zipped it is waterproof
It stays where it should, it does not flop in the wind like some lighter weight jackets I have do
The pockets- It has a large hand pocket on the outside of each side, Each one is zippered and very roomy and warm.
On Left side inside there is a Cellphone pocket with a velcro flap, It fits my nokia with room to spare.
Beside of that there is a zippered pocket, This ocket is about 6" wide and about 12" deep (yes it has the room).
On the right side it has a large pocket that is about 10" wide and about 10" deep with a velcro snaplike to keep it shut.
Now saturday at the mall the wife and I were shopping this was the first real outside the house outing I have had witht the jacket, Well she did not wat to carry her purse so here is what I had in the coat alone...
Right front outside pocket- 4Runner Keys, Chapstick, Pack of Gum, Spyderco Meerkat,
Inside right large pocket, Wifes large checkbook wallet which weighs in at about a pound, Fenix P1 on lanyard, Rite in the rain notepad with cover and pens
Left cell phone pocket, Both mine and wifes Nokia 6102i's
Left inside zippered pocket, My Spec-ops THE wallet, Pack of Cigs and Zippo
Now with all this I could not even tell I was carring it all, It all rode nicley
It has adjustments at the cuffs and waist for the fine tuned fit,
It was 11 degrees and with it zipped up I was plenty warn while only wearing a carhartt heavy weight t under it, from the waist down I was froze
The only thing I added was a Square sinnet black paracord zipper pull to each of the 4 zippers
It has a hood but it is tucked into the collar and I paln on not using it unless I have to , I hate a hood hanging on my back, But it is closed via button on the collar, very nice and neat, you would not know there was a hood in there
So overall my only complaint on this jacket is the material is a little noisy, I think after a wash or two it will quiteten down some,
But I will give this jacket a 8.5 out of 10, Oh and please ignore my spelling, I am from KY
Jon
link shortened - :gl:
Some of you may recall seeing a few posts of mine asking about Jackets, Well after 2 months of looking on the net and in stores, I settled on the Landsend Extreme Squall Jacket.. This is the Landsend link below
Landsend Extreme Squall Jacket (http://www.landsend.com/cd/fp/prod/0,,1_2_1931_68640_130781_109228_5:view=59,00.html? CM_MERCH=PAGE_62&sid=2676196665338191610)
First off The Fit of this jacket is perfect! Everything is right where it should be! And I am a picky shopper about what I wear, Plus alot of sizes are not what they list, I can now say that Carhartt and Landsend must be working together because they are the only 2 Clothing sizes that fit me
The stiching is superb! Each zipper has a waterproof coating on them for when zipped it is waterproof
It stays where it should, it does not flop in the wind like some lighter weight jackets I have do
The pockets- It has a large hand pocket on the outside of each side, Each one is zippered and very roomy and warm.
On Left side inside there is a Cellphone pocket with a velcro flap, It fits my nokia with room to spare.
Beside of that there is a zippered pocket, This ocket is about 6" wide and about 12" deep (yes it has the room).
On the right side it has a large pocket that is about 10" wide and about 10" deep with a velcro snaplike to keep it shut.
Now saturday at the mall the wife and I were shopping this was the first real outside the house outing I have had witht the jacket, Well she did not wat to carry her purse so here is what I had in the coat alone...
Right front outside pocket- 4Runner Keys, Chapstick, Pack of Gum, Spyderco Meerkat,
Inside right large pocket, Wifes large checkbook wallet which weighs in at about a pound, Fenix P1 on lanyard, Rite in the rain notepad with cover and pens
Left cell phone pocket, Both mine and wifes Nokia 6102i's
Left inside zippered pocket, My Spec-ops THE wallet, Pack of Cigs and Zippo
Now with all this I could not even tell I was carring it all, It all rode nicley
It has adjustments at the cuffs and waist for the fine tuned fit,
It was 11 degrees and with it zipped up I was plenty warn while only wearing a carhartt heavy weight t under it, from the waist down I was froze
The only thing I added was a Square sinnet black paracord zipper pull to each of the 4 zippers
It has a hood but it is tucked into the collar and I paln on not using it unless I have to , I hate a hood hanging on my back, But it is closed via button on the collar, very nice and neat, you would not know there was a hood in there
So overall my only complaint on this jacket is the material is a little noisy, I think after a wash or two it will quiteten down some,
But I will give this jacket a 8.5 out of 10, Oh and please ignore my spelling, I am from KY
Jon
link shortened - :gl: