User Review: The North Face Arctic Parka

The North Face Arctic Parka
Above: The current Arctic Parka, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed July 2, 2006 by Tina

Rating:
Fill: Down Insulated
Price Paid: $324

This coat is beautiful, extremely warm, and comfortable. I was so happy with it up until I had to clean it. It doesn't have a removable fur trim like some of the other coats do. The directions indicate that it's to be machine washed and not dry cleaned so I did just that. When I took it out of the wash before even drying it, the fur trim was disgustingly ruined. It looked like burnt hair. I thought that maybe after drying it would go back to normal but it didn't. I had to send it back to North Face and I'm waiting to see what they will do about it. Hopefully they will stand by their product as they say they do. The 3 stars I gave were for looks and warmth.