Men's Elements Jacket

I stumbled across a recommendation for Showers Pass in an online forum while seeking advice on replacing an old sailing jacket and ended up buying the Elements Night Ride jacket for use as an all-around rain jacket. Love it. The quality is top notch and the fit is perfect - I normally wear either medium or large and I sized up based on other reviews; the large is close fitting, not baggy but allows full freedom of motion for sailing, cycling, hiking, or everyday wear.

Love this new jacket! First ordered it in large - my Showers Pass rain jackets are large - but because I wear this bicycling jacket for civilian activities too, I needed XL to accommodate base layers. The exchange was easy to do, even for someone like me who is less practiced at the digital us of QR codes etc. Today was the first day I've actually worn it in the rain and it was just great!

DEETS: 5'-9" tall, 160 lbs, average/slim body type. I picked up this jacket (my second Shower's Pass jacket) as an afterthought as it was on sale, and now this is my daily-use commute jacket. LOVE the extra-strength material in the shoulders to stave off backpack-strap damage and the (easily) removeable hood. Everything I've gotten from SP has been phenomenal - you can take any piece from their collection and spend a lot of time finding all the special care and thought they've put into designing and creating each piece, from the angling of ventilation vents to the little pockets you tuck the velcro from your hood into.

The quality looks and feels great The ventilation zippers work great when biking and the wind chill is freezing but still work up a sweat. A little too noisy/crinkly when moving but not an issue My only criticism is the pockets are basically horizontal and I constantly drop anything I keep in the pockets including my phone and a beanie I lost after it fell out. (In their defense, it does have a zipper to close the pockets, I just forget to use it) The inside pockets are like a mesh net which I love and tend to use more than the outside pockets. The hood fits over my helmet, drawstrings tighten it nicely The pictures makes it look grey but in reality it looks more olive green which was a pleasant surprise. I wish it had the longer bit in the lower back to prevent a draft, but I find myself using the waist tightening drawstring thingies all the time and keeps me warmer Wearing this over my puffer jacket definitely nice and warm 4.5/5 will definitely be taking this with me on my cross country bike tour

Nice features, size up if you need to fit warmer layers.