Customer Reviews Columbia Cascades Explorer™ Full Zip Fleece

The jacket is good ... good material and nice design. I ordered the graphite color. The picture online showed gray front zipper. But the jacket I received had an orange front zipper. I thought the orange zippers for the side pockets and chest pocket are a nice touch. But orange front zipper is a bit too much.

The fleece is good overall, nice weight and warm. A couple of design improvements would help. I ordered the collegiate blue and there is a sky blue trim line inside the collar, as well as sky blue zipper pulls which are not pictured in the photo online. The online photo shows gray zipper pulls which look better. I just removed the sky blue ones. The cuffs have minimum elastic which means that the sleeves are a little long for me.

I love everything about this except one thing. It's not really black. It's dark grey. Something to keep in mind if you are ordering black is that it looks a lot blacker online. If you look at the sleeve cuffs, that is two time's blacker than the fleece itself: they should have matched that black. Other than that, yes, this is a great fleece. It fits on the larger side of standards sizes.

This fleece jacket fit good, except the sleeves were too long. The thin cuffs on each sleeve barely hold on to the wrists. Also, it seems the quality of the jacket is okay, not great, especially for the sleeves and zippers. I will be returning.

Good quality. Light weight fleece, very soft. The fit is loose at the hips. Bought it as a jacket but may work more as a sweater or instead of a flannel shirt.

I'm a shorter guy, but I normal wear mediums. I had to return this because it was to big mostly in the length direction. If you're taller it should fit nice and it's nicely made.

This is an overall OK "jacket." Fits a little snug. More like a shirt. However, the sleeves are not up to par with the rest of the jacket. They are way too long and the cuffs are very poorly designed. It appears the cuffs are made from thin large rubber bands instead of the usual wide "stretch to fit" cuff material. Rather than go through the hassle of returning the jacket, I'll keep it for stepping out of the house in inclement weather. This jacket should be priced for a lot less money.

I ordered a blue and grey cascades explorer full zip fleece jacket recently and they look and feel great. I'd have given it five stars except... One complaint: The pocket wasn't sown shut in one of them, leaving a whole in the pocket. My keys fell out in a parking lot the first time I wore the jacket and luckily I noticed. Since that one (charcoal grey, small) is now out of stock, I'll try to sow it shut since I can't exchange it. Also, a suggestion: Instead of a tag at the top of the jacket, it'd be great to have a little cord sown in so one can hang these jackets on a hook. A competing brand has this feature and I appreciate it. With these jackets, I cut a whole in the label and use that to hang it on a hook, but it's not as polished.

I was hoping for a soft fleece jacket and found out that the material wasn't very comfortable. I'm disappointed because it was a gift for my Dad and he was polite and kept it. I would have returned the product. The sale price was great though. I wish the description was better.

for fleece it was very thin material and would not be warm enough for our winters. I like to wear fleece as a layer under a coat when I go out and this just would not be what I would want. I had ordered a Steen's Mountain previously and was hoping this be warm yet, but is was far thinner material, I ordered another Steen's mountain fleece but was looking for something a bit heavier weight.

I had a fleece jacket from Eastern Mountain Sports that needed replacing and i liked the look of this one. The picture makes it look like a slim fit through the mid section but it is not. I tightened the draw string around the waist but there is still to much materiel in the mid section.

I have only had the jacket a few months. It fits well and is comfortable however; the seam in one of the elastic cuffs has come unstitched already.

not the same quality

Ordered jackets. Order was confirmed. No jackets:(

Emailed me several days after acknowledging order that it was now out of stock. Never again!

Terrible! Never even received the product! Just a tough place to work with!

Too big and i wanted to return get a different size but you guys charge me for shipping and it wont be worth it.

It's way too thin. It's like a thin sweater, more like an office or indoor jacket.

I've owned this for a couple of months and only wear it at the office during the winter. Both elastic wristband seams are already coming out and has separated from the fleece.

WHEN I ORDERED, I THOUGHT THE FULL ZIP FLEECE JACKET WOULD BE THE SAME AS THE OTHER 2 I HAVE AND THE 2 MY WIFE HAS BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE THINNER MATERIAL PLUS THE SO CALLED CUFFS ARE A DISGRACE. I WON'T BE ABLE TO WEAR IT ANYPLACE NICE.

As I write this I am wearing a similar item purchased more than ten years ago, it's a Columbia. It is heavier, designed better, and made better. I'd have purchased another couple of same jackets in various colors for me and a few for Christmas presents. After this current jacket, I would not purchase any. Worse you have discouraged me as customer.