Customer Reviews Columbia Benton Springs™ Full Zip

Overall, I am very pleased with the fleece. It keeps me warm in cold weather, and has a good fit as well. I ordered a medium and it fits perfectly. It isn't too fitted, and still leaves enough room for sweater underneath. My only complaint is the color. I ordered black, and it instead is a washed out black/grey color. I expected it to be a jet black. That put aside it is still a good product.

I really like this piece. The fleece is soft and comfy. I had thought it would make a good midlayer but I think it is to bulky for that. Having said that, I love wearing it around the house or out and about for casual stuff. It keeps me nice and warm without alot of weight. I bought a large but could have been ok with the medium.

This jacket is everything that is described and more! I use it for workout classes that start off with cold rooms (ie. ride and weight lifting) and it is perfect. It is very cozy but breathes too. It even seems softer than some of my other Columbia jackets. Ordered the Burnt Henna and have already received many compliments. Excellent value for the price

As always, pleased with my fleece jackets! I need one of every color!

I love this jacket and have enjoyed my first one in black. It's perfect for most of our NC winters. Decided that I wanted a second and ordered the burnt henna color. It looked like a rusty red in the picture, but when it arrived, looked more like neon dark pink. Just wasn't what I expected. (I don't mind paying shipping charges when I order something, but hate having to pay to ship it back!)

I can only comment on the fit, quality, and function from looks. I bought this jacket for a friend. My friend is a size small but it was out of stock, I read in the other reviews that the jacket ran small so I ordered it for her anyways and it does look a bit smaller than medium so it fits her a little large. Also the material looks thinner in person. And it would help a lot if Columbia actually put the colors like "white" instead of "sea salt" in the choices because really I'm not too fashion savvy but I do know that if you look at a regular color wheel it will NOT say sea salt! This made buying a WHITE Columbia jacket almost infuriating! If it wasn't that my friend could overlook the size difference then I would have definitely put 1 star, but she loved the jacket. But I hate buying from Columbia and while I recommend the jacket, I would rather you buy it at a store then online.

The zipper pull broke off during the first wash. Disappointing because my daughter loves the jacket & paid for it with her own money.

I order the iris blue zippered jacket. The color is nice; however, order up a size or two as the jackets are not true to size. I fit in a large and ordered an XLarge. It fits only okay as I wear two thin layers underneath as I am always cold. I would have liked it a little bigger. Secondly, it took almost two weeks to arrive at my residence. I placed the order about the 17th of December and received it on the 2nd of January, 2013. That is the longest time I have ever had to wait for any online order. On a third note, I bought a heavy winter jacket about 10 years ago from Columbia and I am still wearing it. It is great. I do think the quality has gone down at Columbia; I am a bit disappointed with my purchase as I do not think that the zippered jacket is anywhere near the quality of what I bought awhile ago.!!

The jacket is more fitted than previously purchased jacket of the same type.

I purchased this fleece in beet color and it is very pretty. It has all the wonderful qualities you would expect from a Columbia product. Great price, too.

I ordered a "Burnt Henna" color that looked much brighter, almost flourescent, sort of like a hot pink/red combo on the actual jacket than it did on line (looked more like a rasberry on the computer). It was much too bright than what I had expected, so I returned it. However, I do love this fleece. I purchased (4) of this same model three years ago for Christmas gifts and everybody still wears them. They are surprisingly warm for their weight and very comfortable. They are very well built. I actually ended up buying a different color (Light Grape) of this same jacket at a major sporting good store; so I was still able to give it as a Christmas gift, which was very well accepted.

my girlfriend loves her new fleece.

My daughter loved the jackets. Fit her nicely.

I purchased this jacket for my granddaughter and couldn't be happier with the fit and quality! This product is everything you described and she now wants the jacket in white. Ordering is easy, shipping is timely...you have a new and very satisfied customer!!

we are very happy with the quality of the 2 jackets we ordered. One was not quite the color she expected (too peachy - rather than redish). So we will keep one and try to make any exchange for the other. Floyds Knobs, IN

The 3 fleece jackets purchased for Christmas gifts were outstanding. The quality of the jackets were top notch and the customer service graded out as an A+. The ease of ordering from the website was effortless.... thank you for that. I'll always be a Columbia customer. Thank you again for a pleasant shopping experience.

Fits really well and is very comfortable. Very warm.

As always, Columbia delivers a quality product, at a good price point, with versatility of function. The ordering process was also very easy & shipment communications & delivery were fast & informative. Thanks for a pleasant buying experience.

The color is beautiful and it is very true to size! It's also a good looking jacket! It's great for your everyday running around.....shopping, running errands, pretty much anything!

my daughter has a north face jacket but I chose to order this one from columbia. I cannot tell the difference. saved alot more money!

Bought as a gift. . . again, great customer service.

This is a nice enough fleece, though not quite as thick & warm as I'd hoped. The color, size & fit are all as advertised and it's very nicely made. Unfortunately it emits a static crackle every time it's taken off, which can be rather annoying; it would be easy to blame that on the dry atmosphere in this part of California, except that none of the other various fleeces in the house has the same problem. It's a minor quibble though, and I'm otherwise happy with my purchase.

I am 5.3" and 100 lb female. I ordered XS which is perfect for me. So warm and proper fit for 17 $!!!!

terrible fabric-impossible to wear and even to touch-feels like a piece of junk,sent it back for 8 dollars fee

It is nice and warm and comfortable and fits great.