ive owned one of these for years. i work outside for a utility company everyday. im not much of a jacket person. they are too bulky and annoying especially when your getting in and out of a truck all day.  this sweatshirt is awsome.  ive gone to work on many cold days with just a hanes t-shirt and this sweatshirt over it. on those colder days ill  throw on another sweatshirt under it for layering.  when it geats REALLY cold out ill jump into a set of carhartt bibs. this way itll keep me warm enough but still leave my shoulders and arms free to work.. im a lineman and work on a bucket truck so mobility and comfort is a big issue for me. this sweatshirt is as good as it gets. its worth every penny and it WILL last you for years.

one thing i need to add that carhartt DEFINATELY needs to work on, is some consistency with colors, especially with the black ones.  myself, and my partner at work just got new sheatshirts for christmas and the color is SO far off when you compare the two its unreal..  his is a nice deep dark black, and when you hold mine next to his, mine looks like it has 2 years worth of sun fading next to his, meanwhile they both just came out of the package..  my new one doesnt match any of my other newer black carhartt items, and i even went to retailer to check and make sure mine wasn't a mislabeled dark blue..  when i went to the store, alot of the new black sweatwhirts all had some varation in color but mine is especially pale..