I have one of these jackets… and I sort of like it…
One small pocket… I stopped at a market and got some veg. The rear pocket can carry an Iphone, house keys, 3 mushrooms, and a very small courgette. My spring onions came home tucked in my socks.
My wife tells me I look “hot” in this jacket… as in attractive, rather than sweaty.
No drawcord round the waist, so it can get drafty if you are standing around for a mountainside faff.
Really venty.
I can get in and out of mine by grabbing the hood and pulling it over my head. I am not struggling as much as Hannah.
Size large… and I am 6 foot 2″ and 97kg. It’s a race’y fit with little room for thick layers. I would normally go XL, which would make pulling it off even easier.
£300… I am a bit of a Patagonia fan with lots of shirts, shorts and trousers. Their kit is super reliable, and I have never had a seem split or a button go walkabout. I’m OK with heavy weight £90 shirts and £70 climbing shorts…. even the £85 merino long sleeve T-shirt (its brilliant, and worth it), but £300 is £300. Having said that I only ask two things from a waterproof jacket. Be a jacket and be waterproof. The DirtRoamer ticks those two boxes and has kept me dry.