Customer Reviews The North Face Arctic Parka

They removed the snaps on the prior version and replaced with cheap velcro. The neck also sticks up and pokes you in the face because it won't fold down. This coat is going back!

Fabric very cheap

The product looks as advertised. The good: it is warm The bad: it is NOT WATERPROOF! It does absorb water and will get wet after a day in the snow. Given this was a Level 3 out of 3 on waterproofness I did not expected this.

Ordered my usual size 14 or L but it was cut way too tight across the chest (I'm 38C) and the shoulders were too big- strange sizing all around. I shipped it back using the North Face provided return shipment label included in package. When I heard nothing back after 2 weeks, I emailed support and was told it could take up to 6 weeks to process my return (!). Should've gone to the 5th Avenue NYC store to do a direct return. Oy.

I really wanted to like this jacket. It's very flattering and long and true to size but the biggest con to it is that it collects ALOT of lint like ALOT, like when there's sunlight out it looks very dirty. Sadly I had to return it.

I purchased the city grey color. The faux fur doesn't look like it shows in the pitcute- it's more like dark brown fur with slight purple tinge that's really uneven. The coat is not at all waterproof. I walked in light rain for 20 minutes and the water was clearly soaking through the fabric as the color of the fabric changes for darker when it happens. At this price I expected more. It is also very bulky and unflattering.

I usually wear XL, but was advised to order up. So both XL and XXL had to be returned. Idk if a XXXL would fit because I was quite frustrated by then!

I had very high expectations for this parka but it is just too heavy and bulky. The worst of all is that the zipper doesn't work 9 out of 10 times. Disappointed.

Not impressed, I feel the cold coming through and it's only -8 Maybe a defect?

I would not recommend this coat, unless you like velcro closures down the entire front of the coat. The description of the velcro closures should have been made plain in the details of the coat. I will return it to the store.

Ordered this particular model because I saw that it had the white logo on white coat (TNF White). Got the coat and it has a black logo. Huh? The only place I saw that had the Arctic Parka in white/white was the TNF website, but turns out that's not even accurate. I don't know what kind of shenanigans that's supposed to be, misrepresenting your own product. Plus, Arctic Parka, Arctic Parka II and other names seem to be used on different products (on TNF website and elsewhere) interchangeably. Hard to compare shop or even know what for sure what you're ordering, as I learned the hard way. Seems like a good coat but what I got wasn't what ordered.

I think the item is good quality but it's too big (ordered size M, that's what I usually wear. I'm 5 4" and 134lbs). So I returned it.

It looked nice but was way big... was excited to shi back and get correct size with huge disappointment. My nice gift is -300 with no coat

This is the worse jacket I've even had. I truly hate it. I needed sth warm and yes, it is warm jacket. But I look horrible every time because it gets dirty IMMEDIATELY. You wanna sit-don't, it will be dirty. You wanna put shopping in the trunk-don't touch the car or you'll be dirty. Don't even look at it because it may get dirty! I wanted to cry that I spent so much for this garbage

The outer shell is very poorly made, poor quality. It ripped in two places from just regular wear. Waking in my garage:(

I wanted to love this coat so badly but... I didn't. I feel as though when I put the hood on my head, I felt as though it was squishing me down. When I zipped up the zipper to the top, it rubbed against my chin and was so uncomfortable. I am 5'11" and perhaps it has to do with my height!!?? Returned it.

Purchased this jacket in November, it is end of January and the inside of the jacket has started having holes with feathers coming out. Quickly falling apart.

For this coat to cost almost $300.00 dollars & you don't have people sizes. need a 3-X. in White. Thank you.

I woke up this morning to take my dog for a walk and my fur hood looks like it was washed or put in dryer . Its brand new worn since Xmas .

Changed it in October so that you cant use health care worker discount on this coat. So disappointing as I've spent so much money there

The zipper never worked right leaving me to use the snaps and feel cold

I received the jacket in black full of lint and nope, it's not from the fur of the hood. I don't know if it's a return or what, but the jacket looks dirty. I wanted to ask for a replacement but I can't reuse my healthcare code anymore so I'm stuck with it. I looking forward to my order but now just disappointed with it.

The fit seems to be off. I would recommend ordering a size up if you want to be able to comfortably fit a sweater underneath.

Ordered the garnet red color in XL and was suppose to be getting the Large, but was told they no longer had that color in the size I needed, so I went with the gray one instead. When it arrived, I could tell right away that the feel of the coat was way different, looked at the tag and one was made of cotton and the other 100% polyester. The cotton and red garnet was a great material just larger on me than wanted, but the fact that they aren't all the same material was disappointing.

Wish the sleeves were not so long. And not so long in the back but sleeves long for petite women.