My husband LOVES Carhartt, and he was badly in need of a new jacket. I bought this one to replace a "Wall's" brand jacket, which was similar in material, but sold at Wal-Mart for far less money. The Wall's jacket had lasted him a really long time (battery acid finally sent it into the garbage), so I had hoped a Carhartt brand jacket would last even longer. It's been just under four years now, and it isn't quite living up to my expectations. The cuffs are fraying and separating from the jacket, which has little holes all over it (not from battery acid this time, just from wear), and it perpetually smells like a campfire, despite the number of times it's been washed.