Customer Reviews Columbia Benton Springs™ II Long Hoodie

I ordered this jacket on November 6. The delivery date kept getting delayed over and over. It finally got here on November 17. The fleece is good quality, the zippers work, the color is accurate, and the fit is really strange. I am 5-2, 102 pounds and 33 chest measurement. The small should have fit and always does. However this jacket is tight in the neck and shoulders. It is snug in the upper arms. I am going to the store and attempt to return it for a medium. I hope this isn't too big in the hips. I really love the idea of this jacket but it is just to weird.

This jacket looked great in the photo, but when I tried it on, the arms were way too tight and the front would not close enough to zip, even though I had the correct size. I had to return it.

Quality has been compromised for some reason. Different manufacturer maybe. Save money but charge same expensive price. The fleece it's rough. The cut is too small. The material wrinkles and doesn't smooth out. This is odd for fleece. I have about 11 benton short fleece jackets and have given them as gifts to every member of my family over the years. This item here is not the same quality plus its cut wrong & too small. I wear M. Medium too tight in this item and material near arm pits stick out when you put your arms down. Just bad quality all around.

Cut totally wrong. Medium fitted exact. No room for anything but a shirt under it. Material not as before..

It it a weird fit. The material itself is very soft and nice, but that's about it. The jacket is cinched right below the chest and then flares out over your hips and bottom. Kind of opposite if you want to keep warm, by letting cool air come up. The cinching just felt weird being so high and it didn't look nice, more like a triangle on me, so I returned it. Btw, I have a straight frame and very small chest. I really wanted a soft jacket for comfort and warmth.

Very soft material, but unfortunately not flattering at all. The jacket is cinched just below the chest and then opens wide over your waist and bum. Feels uncomfortable like it's too tight and then flows like a tent. Would have preferred a straight cut.

It fits small and the quality doesn't seem as good as Columbia used to be.

I wear size small for most all my clothes, but this jacket was so small, the zipper didn't even come together

I know Columbia runs small so I purchased this fleece hoodie two sizes bigger than what I typically wear and it was still TOO SMALL. I ordered the same size rain coat in this same order and it fit.

XS fit is good at the shoulders, but for some strange reason gets wider at the waist and below, which looks ODD if you are a true XS like I am~ I don't get "wider" at the hips, and so this fits poorly. Boo. Skinny people exist too! Don't add hip room for those who don't need it!

This polar fleece jacket looks great in the pics. In real life, it's just mediocre looking, and even slightly pale and translucent compared to the pics. But the bigger issue is that the sizing is really odd. My wife is 5'1" and 128, and she ordered a Medium, hoping to be able to wear a couple of light layers underneath. The width was like a Small, and the length was like an X-Large. It's as if the Medium template was targeting a lady who was 6'4" and 110 pounds. We love Columbia, but we had to return this one.

The item ran very narrow. It was so tight as to be uncomfortable with a thin shirt underneath. Very disappointed because I looked forward to wearing it in spring.

This jacket feels rough, not soft like my other jackets. Plus run small

Disappointed in this hoodie. It's warm but the sizing is off and there's not much stretch at all. . The large is tight, especially the chest, armpit, stomach area, but the XL is loose and the arms are way too long. Wouldn't buy again.

I liked the feel of the jacket, but the zipper didn't work well. I struggled to get it zipped each time I tried it. Sent jacket back and didn't order another.

The length on this was great, but definitely ran small.

Loved the true fit of this jacket. It is the warmest I've ever had and thin enough to move.

I really wanted to like this coat but the fit was not good. It was tight at the top and due to some flared seams at the bottom back of the coat, the coat made me look very bottom heavy. Had to return it.

This jacket runs small. I recommend sizing up. Great length. Perfect jacket for late fall.

Nice cut and style, true to the picture. Poor quality fabric, doesn't feel good.

I went to return this for a defective zipper (otherwise soft/warm/great), but was surprised that Columbia doesn't pay for the return shipping on a defective item. Zipper is extremely "fussy" - very difficult to get zipped up and bottom tends to separate.

I loved the color of this pretty blue fleece jacket. Unfortunately the quality and feel of the fleece is very cheap. I am used to nice quality fleece like Polartec. Will be returning this. Really disappointed.

I can't find a long hooded fleece with a waist anywhere, so I was really disappointed to find that this has a very plasticky feel (the fleece isn't soft, it feels cheap), and the inside is finished with cheap plasticky fabric lining the pockets. Really disappointing.

I love the look and style of this jacket but it was shorter and much smaller than I expected. I ordered an xxl and could barely zip. This is my normal Columbia size. It looks like a junior size. The labels all said xxl. This does not run big. I am 5'8 180. So disappointed. It is short and snug in the arms. Also shorter in length. Will give away. Returns are too difficult.

I was disappointed with his jacket. I expected it to be warmer. It's a little heavier than a sweatshirt