Bought this coat on Amazon sale hoping for something warm enough to brave moderately cold Chicago winter days without being bulky.  It's a good coat!  Nice and warm even when I wear a teeshirt underneath.  I did start to get chilly down around 20 degrees, but wearing a long-sleeved shirt underneath solved that problem.  I wore it to shovel snow during the 2011 blizzard and it stood up well.  I love the hood but removed the faux fur piece.  My only complaint is that the little cinches on the sides slip out when you move around.  I had to double them back and knot them.