Squamish Jacket Men's

My first experience with this brand. Very cheap packaging and very poor and brittle zips for the pockets.

Sleeves are to baggy, cuffs are a bit to big in diameter. So velcro straps on cuffs would be awesome. It’s not super breathable either.!

Good light jacket that folds up for easy travel in a pack.

After reading the other review about the differences I had to check for myself as I didn't notice a difference. I have both jacket and hoody in a small. The sleeves on the jacket are about one centimeter longer on the jacket, landing on my knuckles, whereas the hoody sleeves land juuust above my knuckles. The opening around the wrist is the same. In the front the length on both is the same, landing halfway down the fly of my jeans. In the back the jacket is one centimeter longer than the hoody. I have not had an issue with the zipper catching. Love the jacket overall, great to wear over a wool or highly breathable mid layer. Great for the when you don't want the big hood of the Squamish hoody and it has POCKETS! Two hand pockets where they normally are and a stowaway pocket inside one of the hand pockets. And the vitality colour is beautiful.

I first want to say that I bought the Squamish Hoody in the green Pytheas color. A medium fits perfect and the color is awesome. I'm 5'10, 155lbs, and thin with a long torso and normal to slightly shorter arms. I liked it so much I wanted to get this jacket version without the hood in black. I also got the jacket in medium and it is the right fit because it fits my shoulders and chest just fine. But that's where the fun ends. For some reason, the sleeves were longer than the hoody, which in return also made them look baggier. The next issue was the wrist opening was larger. The wrist on the hoody fit perfect with plenty of room to stretch if needed. This jacket has the wrists more loose which slightly went over the back of my hand. And the worst part of this jacket is that it was much longer than the hoody... and as I mentioned, I have a long torso already. The back of the jacket went over the bottom of my rear end. This also in return made it seem slightly baggier in the stomach, whereas the chest was fitted. I felt like I was wearing a gown and it made me look like a stick figure. Not sure if it's a one-off quality issue, but I'm guessing not due to different areas being longer and wider. Would recommend Arc’teryx make the fit the same as the hoody... without the hood. I will be returning the jacket.

The zipper always gets caught in the chin guard. Either a faulty design or my jacket was defective. How I miss the good old days of Arcy. One more thing. Unfortunately, I have a lot of returns. Even the return form doesn't give me a chance to say why I'm sending the items back. How can a company improve for the better if customers can't leave feedback when returning items? Does Arcteryx not care about its customers as long as they pay? I loved the brand so much and still love it. But that love is now toxic.