I gave up on UPS and drove out to their Richmond depot to pick up the package myself. To be honest, my first impressions weren’t all that positive. The jacket is substantially lighter than I had expected, and it didn’t look like it would fit me.

Once I got home I was able to get a better look at it and in the end I’m happy with my purchase. The medium sized jacket fits me perfectly and does look quite good. Overall quality is good, although I did notice a few loose threads here and there. It is water resistant, but I wouldn’t call it waterproof as the ScotteVest site claims.

The jacket certainly does contain a plethora of pockets, and their layout seems well thought-out. My one complaint about the pockets is that ScotteVest has stuffed a business card into almost every pocket, as well as a ziplock bag of cards in one pocket in particular. On the back of each card is a description of the function of the pocket the card was located in. What a waste of paper!

I’ll take the jacket for a spin in the great outdoors and will post a proper review, once I get over this horrible cold.

Update: I’ve discovered ripped stitching in one of the pockets. I’m somewhat annoyed about this as I really don’t want to return it (which would mean dealing with customs / UPS again). I’ve emailed SeV to see what they think. So far their customer service has been excellent (more on this later).

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