User Review: Patagonia Primo Jacket

Patagonia Primo Jacket
Above: The current Primo Jacket, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed January 27, 2005 by Carlo

Rating:
Fabric: 2 layers Gore-tex XCR
Price Paid: 300 euros

Let's start. I'm Italian and I paid this jacket a lot: 300 euros (391 dollars) on sale, from 399 euros of the bill (520 dollars) -- our customers are totally crazy and thieves!!!. So, I paid it more than how much Patagonia makes it cost (350 dollars) on its on-line shop.
Anyway it was my only possible way to buy a good gear here in my town.

This is the first review and it concerns the "us in town", and I used it biking in the street with cold and rain sometimes:
it behaved as a marvellous jacket! Awesome!
goods: Light, comfortable making movements, absolutely wind/waterproof, pitzips everywere. Great hood.

bads: very minimalist shell. few pockets, and not so deep to easily pack-in a thick beanie. the "neck-mouth wall" sometimes goes under the chin cutting. I must use a thin but usefull fleece-necklace.
Ok. I bought the Primo for harder conditions, so I'm going to try it on the snow. So I'll make the second part of the review later. Bye!
Carlo