User Review: Patagonia Storm Jacket

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

Reviewed April 29, 2008 by dali

Rating: rated 0 of 5 stars
Price Paid: $300

I bought my first Storm Jacket in 1990. At the time it was what I found to be the best waterproof available. It was for a couple years. Then the jacket started to have flakey stuff peel off on the inside. Sent it back. They sent another. Wore it a while, zippers broke, was getting wet in it. Sent it back. They sent another.

Well this jacket as some reviewers have noted works well at first. Then it is like wearing "wet toilet paper" in the rain. The garment is a total piece of junk. Patagonia claims it needs to be cared for properly. Well if they made it better it would keep you dry and not cling to you like wet saran wrap after getting wet.

I used to be a die-hard Patagonia buyer and swore by their gear. But it seems that they are not as interested in making gear for those of us who work and live in it in the wilderness for weeks at a time as they are making stylish clothes for those hanging in soho.

Patagonia should be ashamed of themselves allowing their quality to deteriorate as they have. If they would spend as much on making a good bomb proof shell, as they claimed this was...well they spend lots of bucks making their little boutiques, like the one in Chamonix look real cool.

Sorry, Patagonia...I'll never trust your shells again. And we bought a lot from you and you got a lot of exposure from our people wearing your stuff. No more.

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