Customer Reviews The North Face ThermoBall™ Full Zip Jacket

Lite weight, very warm, perfect over a button down shirt! GO CATS!!!

Excellent jacket, So far warm to 40 deg f although I will test it soon in sub freezing weather

much warmer than similar thickness jackets made by competitors, but seems to generate a crazy amount of static which isnt fun.

My son loves his new jacket, but he complained that there are thread ends hanging here and there on the outside of the jacket. He went through and cut several off. Not the best finishing work for such a big company and price.

I bought this jacket for cold fall and spring days and it did the trick. A large fit perfect and I am 6'2 and 200lbs. I can wear a base layer zip up underneath making walks/hikes in temps around 0C very light and breathable. I will say that the marketing is a little off-it's not a viable witner jacket for Ontario during Dec-early March where temps get down to -20C+ windchill. If you wore only this in that weather you'd freeze your tail off in 5 minutes. Overall its an excellent jacket from temps down to -5C so for what I purchased it for I am very happy with the qualiy and amazing light weight of the jacket.

This is warm compared to it's weight, but it is not as warm as the usual down jacket. Still enough for winter in north west. I like the colour. I'd rather walk cause it is very light weight and then packable when I'm in sweat. It is difficult to go back the previous down jacket. Size L Colour conquer Blue

Light, Warm, Thin profile fits good if you're a fit personal not looking for a bulky jacket. I just wish I had more pockets.

I'm "old-school", this jacket is so light weight it took me several outings in the cold (37-50 deg) before I trusted that it would be sufficiently warm enough. Cold wind tends to blow thru the grommets for the waist cinch cord while your hands are in the pockets. Speaking of pockets they a good, nice and deep. Primary reason for purchase was as liner for other shell jackets. I did not get hoody but wish that I had...Color (Granite) is much better that the picture on the web site...was worried about being to white but its gray enough you don't look like snow bunny. Really looks good for casual wear.

I use this as a fall jacket as it is too light for the winter. Nice comfortable fit. Too expensive as all their jackets and coats are!

the length of sleeve and should is ok, but sleeve and chest is too fat!

I use this jacket as a light to midnight packable for hiking and general wear. I think it's a good jacket except the outer shell has sustained several tears due to passing through Alaskan spruce trees that I have hiked through tore the sleeves and shoulders. I have to admit it didn't seem that hard to get through but in the past had a rain shell over coat. The jacket packs up small in pack and is generally a good three season jacket.

Bought this coat thinking it would be warm and it isn't

Brilliantly warm and light weight jacket that packs down into a pocket. Under a hard shell it works as a trusted TNF gear always does. Have worn it in -25 to -30C under a hard shell with a good base layer. Outside of a shell the jacket doesn't stand alone. Wind easily cuts through the seams, and as the jacket lost its shape even more so. Shell of jacket isn't durable and the pocket liner shredded one day it got caught on the zipper. Big hole once the fabric gets compromised. Lasted 1.5yrs before I called it quits. Build quality isn't to what I expect from TNF (I have a free thinker that's been my go to shell over 7 years of excursions). Overall impressed with Thermoball warmth:weight but not with this jacket design or quality. I would not buy again, but go with competitor at the $250+ price point. My gear is an investment, and not disposable.

I have an older version of this jacket (circa 2012) as well as the newer version and I much prefer the older version. The older version has the elastic cuff at the very end of the sleeves which is typical of most jackets. They switched to putting the elastic cuff about an inch from the end so that, presumably, your wrists and first part of the hands stay warmer. Girls probably love this but this dude does not. It interferes with your watch and your shirt cuffs and gives the sensation of the sleeve being too short. It is awful. I also think that they are putting fewer thermoballs in the jacket as the newer version does not seem as puffy or as warm as the older version of this jacket. I feel like I have been subject to a "bait and switch". North Face, please go back to your original design and stick with it. Please!

Got this jacket in black, on black friday sale, yet expensive! Gifted this to my husband. He loves it!! Says, great jacket. Keeps warm. Definitely wind and water resistant. Was careful and followed all wash/care instructions and after wash it was still in good shape but after a low dry for 30mins setting, it felt different. He tried it on and said its shorter and shrunk by an inch or more. This is not the first jacket from TNF but the first thermoball, much needed for NE winter! Sadly, will be taking it back to the store this weekend. Not sure if their warranty will be effective :(

I bought this Thermoball Full Zip as a winter jacket to be worn with a sweater or sweatshirt. When I unpacked it I was surprised as just how light the jacket is. As with many North Face jackets, this one can fold into it's pocket and I presume based on weight it would be very easy to pack into a suitcase or carry with you. There were two things I didn't like about this jacket: (1) there is no internal pocket, which always bothers me. Even on a jacket this thin and light, I think a simple internal zip is a critical feature. (2) I am a reliable "size small" and this jacket fit very nicely with the singular exception of the arms. The length was ok, but the bicep area of the arm was almost oversized. at 5'9" and 140lbs the arms were comically huge. Like, cylindrically huge. Maybe if I had John Cena's arms on my body they would have fit perfectly... I don't know. I ended up returning the jacket and finding another North Face jacket that I liked every more. I can't recommend this jacket, but I do recommend The North Face.

Overall good product, just very unhappy with the size recommend on the web site

Loved this product.

Light weight and attractive... not as warm as advertised. I'll stick with down.

Other than the issues with the return and the zippers, it's a nice looking jacket.

Good as an internal layer or alone on a windless day.

Not warm enough

The color I picked got me a lot of compliments,however the cuffs did not have good elastic: therefore there was to much loose area there and it did not have a chest pocket,having said that if Northface would address that I would have been very happy with this jacket.

Love the look but not as warm as I thought. Also I think I should've got a medium. Maybe it's warmer the closer to your body. A light jacket for fall and early spring but to thin for a winter coat.