Size Guide
| Size |
|---|
Body Measurement: Men Jacket
| SIZE | CHEST (IN) |
|---|---|
| XS | 37 - 38 |
| S | 39 - 40 |
| M | 41 - 42 |
| L | 43 - 44 |
| XL | 45 - 46 |
| XXL | 47 - 48 |
| XXXL | 49 - 50 |
Hood is a proper hood
Not a token flap sewn on the back. It comes forward far enough to cover the sides of your face and it stays up in a wind instead of blowing off every thirty seconds. That is the difference between a hood you use and one that just sits there adding bulk.
Inner placket blocks the wind
The toggles have a button placket behind them, so there is no gap between the toggles for wind to come through, which is the usual weakness on a duffle. Done up properly it is genuinely windproof right across the front. I did not expect that at all from a coat that fastens with wooden bars, and it is the thing that has surprised me most about it.
Looks better with age
Three months in and the wool has softened slightly and the toggles have darkened a shade where you handle them. It has started to look like a coat that belongs to somebody rather than one that came out of a box last week, which is what you want from this kind of thing.
Sent it to university
He is at university and had been wearing a thin jacket through a proper winter, which I could not watch any longer. Ordered this off the measurements of an old coat. It fit, he has apparently not taken it off since he recieved it, and I have stopped worrying about him being cold.
Right coat for the price
Looked at duffles at twice this and could not identify what the money was for. The cloth has weight, the hood is properly lined and the toggles are stitched on solidly. I cannot see where the extra money would have gone on the dearer ones.
Olive shows dried mud
Very good coat and it does the job. A mid olive shows dried mud more obviously than a dark green or a black would, so after a wet walk it wants a brush before you take it anywhere. It comes off completely, it is just an extra two minutes you would not spend on a darker coat. It has not put me off it in the slightest.
Toggles have not frayed
The loops are the part I expected to go first and after a full season they are as tight as they were in the box. No stretching, no fraying at the ends where they are stitched in. That is where the cheap versions of this coat give up within one winter. That is where the money has gone.
Survived a hard winter
Worn most days from October through to March, a lot of it outdoors in rain and wind. No pilling at the cuffs, no thinning at the elbows, the toggles are all still attached and the hood has kept its shape. For a coat that has been treated as workwear that is a good deal better than I expected. I expect at least two more winters out of it.
Second winter and holding
Bought it two autumns ago and it has just come out of the cover for a third season. The shape is the same, the hood still stands up, and the only thing that has changed is that the wool is a little softer than it was. I would happily get another two winters out of it on this evidence. It owes me nothing already.
Warm without a jumper
Been out in it at about two degrees over a shirt and been perfectly comfortable, which is not something I could say about the padded thing it replaced. The wool blend has weight and the lining does not let a draught through the back. It has definately changed how many layers I bother with.
Dog walk coat
Out twice a day whatever the weather and it has taken everything so far. Mud brushes off once it has dried and the wool has not gone bobbly anywhere yet.
Toggles are slow with gloves
Very good coat and I wear it every day through the winter. Doing the toggles up with thick gloves on is genuinely awkward though, because you have to feed the wooden bar through a loop rather than just pressing something together. I end up doing them before the gloves go on, which works but is one more step. Everything else about it is right.
No creasing across the back
Sat in a car for two hours in it and expected the worst. It came out with almost nothing in it and what there was had dropped out by the evening. The wool has enough body that it does not hold a crease the way a thinner coat does.
Hood will not come off
No fault with the making, it is an excellent coat. The hood is attached and cannot be removed, so on the days you do not want it there is a fair amount of fabric sitting on the back of your neck, and under a rucksack strap it bunches up. If you carry a bag daily, worth knowing. It is a design decision rather than a fault.
Olive was the right choice
I nearly went for the navy and I am glad I did not. Olive sits better against boots and against denim and it does not look like a school coat.
Patch pockets swallow everything
Both front pockets are enormous. Gloves, a phone, a lead and a bag of treats all live in there at once and there is still room. They are set low enough to be proper hand warmers as well, which is where a lot of coats get it wrong. I was suprised by how much they hold.
Here in under a week
Ordered on a Wednesday and it was here the following Tuesday. Boxed with the hood packed out so it had not been crushed flat in transit. No damage anywhere and nothing to press.
Warm on the school run
Ten minutes at the gates twice a day in a wind is the honest test of a coat and this passes it comfortably. Hood up and I can have a conversation rather than hopping about. That is the only test that actually matters to me.
Present that landed
Bought it for my father in law, which in our family is high risk. He put it on, said the hood was sensible, and has worn it every weekend since. That is about as close to enthusiasm as he gets. He is not a man who mentions clothing at all.
Rain runs off it
Caught in a proper downpour on a walk and it beaded up and shed most of it rather than soaking straight through. By the time it had hung in the hall for a couple of hours it was dry with no marking and no smell. I would not call it waterproof but it handles a shower far better than I expected wool to.
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