note:  I strongly recommend checking out the sizing chart on the Mountain's website (simply do a google search for "The Mountain clothing" and they will pop right up)... that is your best possible bet to making sure you get clothing that fits and it will save you a lot of hassle in the long run as opposed to blindly guessing your correct size.  Also get on their email newsletter while you're at it, they have some amazing November/December Christmas sales and their customer service is outstanding :)  ... also, wash this only by itself or with very, very similar colors this will bleed a LOT of dye the first 3 or 4 times you wash it - I recommend washing it by itself with 3 or 4 shout color catcher sheets - sold here on amazon as well - do that 3 or 4 times and you should be good to go.. their clothing is totally worth it, see below :) )

As the headline states it's a wonderful product ... but for those of you living in climates that are warm year round like sunny Florida, USA, it's unlikely you'll be able to make use of this unless you spend a lot of time in a very cold area (for example if you're a worker in some area where it's cold all the time and you don't have to wear the "company uniform" so to speak).

I totally get why the Mountain created this out of the incredibly thick, comfortable fabric that it's made of... the Mountain has a reputation for high quality, durable clothing which means it's going to be .. well, thick :)  ... the shirts made by the Mountain served us well when it got cold (by Florida standards that is :)  )  this past winter ... but even during our "cold" winters the jacket simply would have been too warm.

I know I know, I'm whining about our warm weather while people in other parts of the USA deal with intense snow and ice (we moved here from Minnesota to get away from the weather - wonderful people in MN but just couldn't take the snow and ice anymore) .... and it truly is a beautiful jacket.. as always, the Mountain's customer service was outstanding , sent them an email suggesting that there's a market for us warm-weather folks who love the Mountain line of clothing but need something thinner and they said they'd run it by their management staff... but at the end of the day the Mountain is a business that needs to make a profit to stay afloat like - well , any other business :)  - and there would have to be enough demand for thinner fabric clothing for them to be able to start making it in the first place... so hopefully more people become aware of the Mountain and start buying from them who live in the South like we do ( seriously it's a great company, high quality shirts, love the designs on the shirts  and the one time we had a problem with something ordered directly from the Mountain they fixed it immediately - they even let us use an expired promo code when I asked , was foolish and didn't pay attention to the expiry date on the promo code... even if you don't live in the South tell your friends :) )

Again I encourage you to go to the Mountain's website where you can get a good look at all the product designs they have available for sale, they range from hilarious to just downright cute .. regardless of whether or not you're a Republican (we're not but we still find the shirts funny as heck), look for the "dubya shark" and "reagan liberator" shirts on their website and you'll see what I mean... or search for "Lincoln The Emancipator " or "Clinton Apparel" .. much to my sorrow the Obama one by the same artist, JASON HEUSER, is no longer for sale  directly by the Mountain  :(  ... and of course you have the cute designs like this Abyssinian one I'm reviewing here :)  ...