After wearing a Carhartt Men's Extremes Artic Quilt COAT for about 7 years, I purchased the JACKET this year, and like the coat it is very nice. It is very warm, waterproof, comfortable, and stiff. It is an excellent jacket just as the coat was also excellent, but being in a position to have owned both the coat and the jacket I can see that i miss the bigger pockets that the coat had, as well as the longer length to cover my butt. On the other hand, what the coat doesn't have is the hood and the knit cuffs, which are very nice. The hood is very large and really keeps my head warm and away from the wind, something the coat could not do. The coat did have the snap on hood, but I didn't wear it because it just wasn't big enough.

So this jacket is excellent which is why I gave it 5 stars, but what would give it a 6 star rating would be bigger pockets and a longer length.