Customer Reviews The North Face Arctic Parka

This is the greatest coat ever! Cold doesn't even phase me anymore now that I have this coat. True to size and very flattering. Fur can be unzipped from the hood for a different look. Love it! I suggest everyone buys this coat!

I wore this coat for the first time today and it's very very warm and feels so good on. My friend said I look like I'm stuck, but that's because I didn't want to move my head out of the pocket of the hood (since I didn't want to full put the hood on, my head made a pocket in it). I'm so glad I paid the money for this coat and I'm so glad it was well worth it. I'm very very picky and I never do green anything, but I bought this green Parka and I really love the color. You won't be disappointed, at least I wasn't.

I just bought this coat last Saturday knowing I was going to be standing outside in a snow storm at a football game the following day. This was actually my very first The North Face purchase and I knew in the first for minutes of standing out in the snow I had made the right choice! Not only was I warm and dry the entire time I was out in the elements (over 5 hours) I was comfortable and stylish! While other people I was with were complaining about the cold temps, I never once felt cold! This coat did it's job and then some! Definitely a must have for anyone who's looking for a cute, functional, warm winter coat.

When my family learned I was moving to Minnesota for work, they gave me this coat as a Christmas present. Let me just say: best present ever! The past 10 days have been cold (highs in the low single digits, overnight lows in the negatives) and nothing gets through this thing. I was actually sweating while I was shoveling snow earlier today. I am 5'2", 115lbs and the size small fits great (and goes down to about 3 inches above my knee). Now, I'm looking for something similar for my husband!

I ordered this Parka after our first cold snap. It arrived just in time for the next one. It is perfect! Not too heavy, yet warm enough to brave our brisk prairie winds during long afternoons at the dog park. It's also just about the only knee-length parka out there this year, which means I can wear it with skirts or dresses with boots. The detailing in the back keeps this parka from looking like, well, a parka. I feel both stylish and warm. Can't beat that combination!

I LOVE this coat. I bought it for an upcoming winter trip to Europe and I couldn't be more pleased. The fit is true to size. I'm 5'4" and rather curvy (especially in the bust). The XL fit me perfectly. The quality is excellent, which is to be expected from North Face items. I expect to wear this coat for many, many years to come.

Quality made, fits well--good color (the perfect green) . Very warm and cozy. Looks good (Not bulky). Worth the money.

This jacket keeps me warm! I live in a very windy city and this jacket keeps me warm! It is also stylish.

Perfect fit. Great warmth for NY winters!

this coat was a gift for my daughter, who lives in Chicago, where the winters are famously windy and very cold. She has told me that this coat is absolutely the warmest one she has ever had! It's also very good-looking, which counts, too.

I love this coat. Like some of the other reviews, mine is one of the older versions and is slightly different, but the basics are the same. I live in freezing, windy, Chicago and am always waiting for the train or bus in the winter and this is by far the best and warmest coat I've found. The hood is nice and big, great for pulling over your face in wet snow and keeping wind out, and the fur catches the snow nicely too keep it from dripping in your face. I also like to refer to the hood/fur connection point as a little gutter, it catches everything and you never have water running into your face. I've never had an issue with rain/snow soaking through the coat. If I had to give a complaint, the only thing I can come up with is that it can actually be TOO warm if the weather isn't really cold. I've worn mine for 4 winters now and it is still in great condition- at least another 2 winters in it.

This is an extremely warm coat with the added benefit of being very stylish with a bit of a feminine touch. Waterproof with an attached hood and filled with cozy down, I have no doubt this will keep me warm through the upcoming Minnesota winter. Within one hour of purchasing this coat, I wore it to Costco, and a random stranger approached me to compliment my coat and ask where I got it. I chose the fig green color, which is a beautiful contrast to the brown fur. The waterproof outer layer is very luxurious and soft for a waterproof shell.

Spent the last 2 years trying to find the right dog walking jacket for the UK rainy cold winter. FOUND IT. Walking my 2 dogs on the moors other jackets were too short or not warm enough or not waterproof enough especially after the last 3 winters we have had with drfiting snow one minute pooring rain and even the odd ice storm. Today was the first test - torrential horizontal rain, cold and extremely windy. No we don't suffer the extremes of other parts of the world but I am so grateful I found this it is like walking with a duvet wrapped around you. No more dreading a wet behind or knees my legs will be nice and dry. Going to take it ski-ing instead of living in my ski jacket night and day it will be nice to have something to wander around in at night.

I purchased this jacket for my baby's momma and she is so in love with it. It was like Christmas coming early, she tried it in and felt like a rock star. Enough of the satire, Northface sets the standard for other to follow with their products. The Women's Arctic Parka will be put to good use during the cold weather of New York. It will be put to the test with a trip to Chicago.

I usually wear a M/L. My last coat by Ralph Lauren was a medium. I ordered this coat based on the measurements but it 's too small. I need a large.

I live in very cold and windy Michigan. This coat holds up. The zipper is very cheap and not good quality at all.

The warmest coat I have ever owned. It's single digit and negative temperatures and I didn't feel cold at all! Just wish the coat was longer. Sits at my knees and I'm 5'5. Love the extra pockets!

This jacket is nice I would size up if your hippie it can be tight around the hips. The jacket is made straight with no curves so keep that in mind. Other then that beautiful jacket.

It's nice and warm. The fit is not extremely flattering but does its job of keeping me warm

it's warm

Love this jacket but too big and loose.

This is a nice coat and keeps me dry in the heaviest rain but - it's not the warmest coat that I've had. It's warm but the Columbia coats are much warmer than this even with the same fill. Plus the outside pockets are just too low and there's an inside chest pocket but I'd prefer outside chest pocket too. I've had this coat for 3-4 years. It's great but can use some improvement

I love this jacket. I have owned it for a couple years in a different color. But I like the most is the long sleeves, I am 6 foot tall in the arms are actually long enough. When I saw this in tawny quartz, I immediately ordered it because I have been dying to have a brown jacket. When it arrived, it definitely has a purpleish tint to it. The interior definitely looks purple. I am on the fence if I will keep it as I was wanting brown and it looks purple.

Site says that the hood adjusts. It does not. No strings, no way to adjust it. The fur can be removed. That's it. Order your size. I'm a small to medium, but tall. I read these run "huge". They don't. I ordered the small and need a medium for shoulders and arms. I have seen video of this parka (circa 2023) with someone adjusting the hood so they seem to have made them this way at one time. My present north face adjusts and it's a great coat. I wanted this one for the waterproof shell. It's a beautiful jacket but is going back.

Pretty warm, the fur around the hood seems to be stiff, almost wirey, gets bothers my face. I am not crazy about the thumb holes, they are not really warm, I will keep them folded up most of the time because they get in the way. The parka seems durable and relatively well made.