User Review: The North Face Mountain Light Parka

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

Reviewed April 7, 2002 by Ted

Rating:
Fabric: 2-Ply GoreTex
Price Paid: basically free

Two comments, to add to the many:

(i) The jacket is about as sub-great as everyone says it is.

(ii) BUT the company is serious about the warranty, if my experience is any guide. I bought a TNF jacket roughly comparable to the ML (but non-Gore-Tex) back in about 1989 for about $100 new. It gradually delaminated and was completely worthless by 1999. I sent it to TNF via a local retailer, and TNF replaced it with a brand new ML. That was pretty impressive, I thought. I should have tried to trade it for something else at the retailer, but I missed my chance and took it home. It's an okay jacket, but there's much better stuff out there. I need lots o' ventilation (which the ML sorely lacks -- see other reviews), so I bought a Marmot Armstrong jacket. I leave the ML in my car for emergency use. A bit pricey for a car jacket... but mine was free!

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