First off I'm from Texas so winters don't really get that cold. For my wife and I's anniversary we went to Colorado Estes Park. The average temp there was around 30 give or take. It was often windy and snowing. The jacket was better than I had expected it to be. I though because the price it couldn't be as good as some of those high priced name brand items. I was wrong, half the time I was wearing a t-shirt or two under this and it kept me quite warm. This jacket blocked all the wind/snow from cooling me off. The cuffs were nice around my wrist so none of my warmth would bleed out and the interior of this jacket was nice and soft. I also didn't have any gloves at first so all i used was the warm pockets on this jacket to stop from getting frost bite. The media/phone pocket was a great place to store my wallet, easy to get to and convenient. I am 5 10 and 180lbs and the Large size of this jacket was the perfect size. This jacket was just the right length to go just below my waist and manly parts. The jacket arrived in a vacuum sealed bag. Only downside was it did have a funny odor the first day i opened it, that quickly faded.