Marmot Minimalist Jacket - Men's

 Brand : Marmot
Item : MAR0632
Marmot created the Men's Minimalist Jacket to meet the demands of weight-obsessed alpine climbers who need full-weather protection at running-shell weight. Waterproof breathable Gore-Tex PacLite material keeps you dry through nasty storms and helps keep the Minimalist Jacket's weight to a scant 14oz. Marmot added two high-riding pockets, which are accessible with a pack on and pitzips to help you stay cool when you break trail.
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Product Reviews
Marmot Minimalist Jacket - Men's



Don't Buy!
Seems like a great jacket, Pack-Lite and all but the zipper got caught on the storm flap on the first and each subsequent actuation. The zipper was also hard to get started as the starter tooth is buried in stiff material. I really wanted to love this piece, but sent it back thanks to this site’s excellent customer service. One would think Marmot knows how to engineer a zipper/ storm flap interface by now... guess not! Don't buy this product unless you have scissors handy to get out of it!


Hopefully I just got a lemon
This is an ok jacket, but it has a few issues. The first is the zipper. Terrible! Sometimes it takes me about 5 minutes to get the thing zipped up! Not a good thing if the sky's have just opened up. It keeps snagging and gets jammed up on the flap. It's very rare that I zip it up on my first try. Normal is about 6-8 tries before I can get it all the way up. The second issue is that one of the rubber Velcro tabs on the cuff is all messed up with dry rot. It's less than a year old! The other tab is fine, but the one is all cracked and falling apart. Maybe I just got a lemon, but I'm going to have to send this coat back.


Minimalist jacket
Seems like a great jacket, but the zipper is not a "two-way" slider-- it only opens from the top, not the bottom. And for heat control, I like to open it from the bottom.


Redemption
Just a follow up to the last review. After checking out many other Packlite, packable rain shells, I determined the Marmot minimalist to be the lightest vs features on the market. In Marmot's defense, they sewed in a zipper stiffener and the jacket works great! If you want this jacket, that is probably what you will have to do.




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