Finally, a high-quality, heavy-duty, non-skinnined, tough-as-nails-and-warm-as-toast, good looking, good fitting, complete package of goodness in the form of a sherpa-lined sweatshirt. GAWD I love this thing! Hat's off, Bean...you've realy done it with this Katahdin Iron Works product. Love, love, love me this sweatshirt!
Now PLEEEEEEZE don't go change it. Just make more of them.
This is my "go to" work sweatshirt during the winter. I have a number of these - with and without hoods. They are very warm - wear very well - are easy to clean. These do have some "heft" and are much more substantial than a normal weight sweatshirt. External patch pockets are not particularly warm. This item would be vastly improved simply by adding an inside breast pocket for cell phones/wallet/keys, etc.
I'd like to buy a gray one, but the color is wrong. It should be a light gray, like traditional athletic sweats. There would still be enough contrast with the fleece.
It would look way cooler.
I've been waiting a long time and it doesn't look like LLB is going to make a light gray one. But they didn't always have the present char gray one either. It came in a couple of years ago, so there is hope.
My present dark blue one is the best sweatshirt I've owned. It's true that the sleeves aren't as warm as the rest of it, but with a shell over it, it will stand up to January in North Dakota.
Very thick, seems well constructed, and the hood has two parallel seams so it avoids the pointy head look and drapes well over the neck. Unfortunately, the sleeves are not fuzzy and thick, but polyester lined. With a t-shirt, it doesn't feel like "aaaah". I seldom return things, but used LL Bean's generous policy on this one.
