I suppose if you live in a particularly rainy place or spend a lot of time on a boat with cold water splashing on you, this would be a great jacket. But personally I don't think I would grab it for a rainy day. The first thing I noticed when I put it on was that it feels like plastic--even worse than that of a rain poncho, despite being 100% nylon.

Second, due to the two-way zipper, it takes a good tug to pull them apart or get the top zipper up and some dexterity to put them together. Not really sure why it needs to be two-way, though.  At first I though it was so you could access the inner pockets while staying fairly dry, but they're not really pockets as there's no bottom to them. The pockets on the outside have just a little bit more room than my hands can fit in, and they feel as though they're being kept warm by felt.

To do it's job completely there are stretchy pull strings that are held in place by spring locks. The hood closed around my face but not my forehead, and I didn't bother with the bottom one as the size Large is surprisingly snug fitting as is. The wrist of the sleeve can even be adjusted. On its own there is some elastic stretch if your wrist is wider. If it's too narrow, like mine apparently are, then you run out of Velcro to stretch the pull tab tight enough to prevent water entering. Sadly, I was just not impressed at all by this jacket.