J-Mac
04-28-2007, 11:22 PM
Scott:
As an early customer of SEV, I purchased my first vest/jacket in late 2004 - I believe it was called a 3.0 Cotton. I purchased the 3.0 fleece almost a year later. I really loved the fleece - especially during Pennsylvania winters - but I found myself using it less and less. Solely because of the odd packet layout.
Do you have yet any "detailed pocket specs"? Something that would indicate just how well the pockets on each - Jacket and Fleece - line up?
On my 3.0 versions, the fleece could be worn alone, or used as a zip-in liner for the 3.0 Cotton jacket. The pocket design of the 3.0 cotton was (And is still!) phenomenal; plenty of them, and the sizes and locations seem to be perfect.
However the 3.0 Fleece has a very unusual pocket design - and I am being overly kind. Though the Fleece can be zipped into the Cotton, the pockets do not line up at all. But that's minor. The real issue was inside pockets at breast level that had no bottom - they go all the way down to the bottom of the lining, making whatever you accidentally drop in there virtually inaccessible without removing it and fishing it out. Also, the interior breast pocket - as well as the lower side pockets - go right through to the exterior. The Cotton does not do that so you get used to placing items into the inside breast pockets without worry. However with the Fleece, I inadvertently placed my cell phone into the inside breast pocket and right through out the exterior pocket - dropping it to the sidewalk! Suffice it to say that the Fleece would have greatly benefited from better pocket design!
Now I am looking at the latest versions, and I can't help but to wonder whether or not the pocket designs are any better on the latest Fleece design. Or for that matter, whether the jacket has kept as super a pocket design as the 3.0 Cotton had.
But I can't really tell from the website photos - as extensive as they are - how deep the pockets are, or if the interior pockets go directly through to the exterior at the same level - which obviously is not a desired feature in my opinion.
Basically, I would love a sheet or brochure that specifies all the pockets, dimensions, which other pockets they connect to, and a nice diagram that shows and labels the pockets on both pieces - Jacket and Fleece.
Anything like this available?
Thanks.
As an early customer of SEV, I purchased my first vest/jacket in late 2004 - I believe it was called a 3.0 Cotton. I purchased the 3.0 fleece almost a year later. I really loved the fleece - especially during Pennsylvania winters - but I found myself using it less and less. Solely because of the odd packet layout.
Do you have yet any "detailed pocket specs"? Something that would indicate just how well the pockets on each - Jacket and Fleece - line up?
On my 3.0 versions, the fleece could be worn alone, or used as a zip-in liner for the 3.0 Cotton jacket. The pocket design of the 3.0 cotton was (And is still!) phenomenal; plenty of them, and the sizes and locations seem to be perfect.
However the 3.0 Fleece has a very unusual pocket design - and I am being overly kind. Though the Fleece can be zipped into the Cotton, the pockets do not line up at all. But that's minor. The real issue was inside pockets at breast level that had no bottom - they go all the way down to the bottom of the lining, making whatever you accidentally drop in there virtually inaccessible without removing it and fishing it out. Also, the interior breast pocket - as well as the lower side pockets - go right through to the exterior. The Cotton does not do that so you get used to placing items into the inside breast pockets without worry. However with the Fleece, I inadvertently placed my cell phone into the inside breast pocket and right through out the exterior pocket - dropping it to the sidewalk! Suffice it to say that the Fleece would have greatly benefited from better pocket design!
Now I am looking at the latest versions, and I can't help but to wonder whether or not the pocket designs are any better on the latest Fleece design. Or for that matter, whether the jacket has kept as super a pocket design as the 3.0 Cotton had.
But I can't really tell from the website photos - as extensive as they are - how deep the pockets are, or if the interior pockets go directly through to the exterior at the same level - which obviously is not a desired feature in my opinion.
Basically, I would love a sheet or brochure that specifies all the pockets, dimensions, which other pockets they connect to, and a nice diagram that shows and labels the pockets on both pieces - Jacket and Fleece.
Anything like this available?
Thanks.