Rave: This REI coat
Posted: December 7 19, 5:44 pm
THIS MF-ER RIGHT HERE
I went to the REI and was like hi, winter coming, I really want something that’s Midwest-winter warm, like if it’s -10 I’m still warm and but also I don’t want it to be big and clunky and heavy and stuff. My last couple coats have been way way way too heavy so when I go to a bar or movie or restaurant or whatever they’re cumbersome and I was just kind of over it.
So the REI person she takes me directly to this coat and she was way into it. It was light. It felt warm in the store. She tells me if I don’t like it then I get all of my money back even 2 months from now, they’d just put it in a “garage sale” for members and sell it, and she guaranteed I’d love it. She went through so many features of the jacket—zippers in the armpits, the way the hood tightens up, the type of down, the waterproofiness, like 17 other things, it was like jeez why don’t you marry it? It was only $250, so quite a bit less than similar stuff from Patagonia or North Face. The whole thing, she was so into this jacket and the program, it felt weird and cult-like, like I got out of a time machine in 1996 and she was selling me a Saturn or something. But I bought it anyway, and man am I glad I did. It’s warm to the point that if it’s much over 45 it’s uncomfortably warm and it’s the lightest warm coat I’ve ever had. It fits perfectly whether I’m wearing a big hoodie or a t-shirt under. It’s got good pockets. It’s truly waterproof so the down doesn’t get all screwed up when it rains a little bit. I love this coat.
I went to the REI and was like hi, winter coming, I really want something that’s Midwest-winter warm, like if it’s -10 I’m still warm and but also I don’t want it to be big and clunky and heavy and stuff. My last couple coats have been way way way too heavy so when I go to a bar or movie or restaurant or whatever they’re cumbersome and I was just kind of over it.
So the REI person she takes me directly to this coat and she was way into it. It was light. It felt warm in the store. She tells me if I don’t like it then I get all of my money back even 2 months from now, they’d just put it in a “garage sale” for members and sell it, and she guaranteed I’d love it. She went through so many features of the jacket—zippers in the armpits, the way the hood tightens up, the type of down, the waterproofiness, like 17 other things, it was like jeez why don’t you marry it? It was only $250, so quite a bit less than similar stuff from Patagonia or North Face. The whole thing, she was so into this jacket and the program, it felt weird and cult-like, like I got out of a time machine in 1996 and she was selling me a Saturn or something. But I bought it anyway, and man am I glad I did. It’s warm to the point that if it’s much over 45 it’s uncomfortably warm and it’s the lightest warm coat I’ve ever had. It fits perfectly whether I’m wearing a big hoodie or a t-shirt under. It’s got good pockets. It’s truly waterproof so the down doesn’t get all screwed up when it rains a little bit. I love this coat.