Customer Reviews Outdoor Research Transcendent Down Vest

Awesome vest for staying warm at a hit after a cold day skintouring or an extra layer of warmth around town on a cool day. Super light, warm and good looking

I use this jacket around the city, and belaying at the crag. It's perfect. I have gained a lot of weight in the off season (5'3" 180) but the medium still fit me, although it will def be a better fit once I start training again !! I live in this vest

Love this vest. Cute colors and super warm!

This was my first vest purchase in a long while and I'm so glad I did it. It looks super cute and keeps the core nice and warm. I struggled with deciding on the garnet/saddle or peacock/carob color and opted for the latter since I have a couple jackets in the garnet color already and love it. People envy all over this thing. I love the variety of pockets on the outside and invery functional without looking like a "technical" piece. It is a bit roomier around the midsection than perhaps necessary, but since I'm in postpartum land, I appreciate it at the moment (though you may want to try sizing down if you're in between sizes). Pair it with the Etta Beanie or the Effie Beanie to look effien awesome!

This was my first vest purchase in a long while and I'm so glad I did it. It looks super cute and keeps the core nice and warm. I struggled with deciding on the garnet/saddle or peacock/carob color and opted for the latter since I have a couple jackets in the garnet color already and love it. People envy all over this thing. I love the variety of pockets on the outside and in-very functional without looking like a "technical" piece. It is a bit roomier around the midsection than perhaps necessary, but since I'm in postpartum land, I appreciate it at the moment (though you may want to try sizing down if you're in between sizes). Pair it with the Etta Beanie or the Effie Beanie to look effien awesome!

This vest is great. It has a nice fit and looks very stylish with the coloring. It's perfect over a flannel as the temps drop. Yes, I recommend this vest.

Best vest I have ever owned, Super lightweight and not too tight around the armpits. Easily fits over other layers and is very warm!

This is a great, stylish vest that could also be used as a technical layer. I tend to wear it around town or on casual hikes. It looks good, and is lightweight but still warm for these cool fall days. Haven't tried it yet for more intense trips, mostly just because I don't tend to bring a vest layer.

Love the garnet saddle colors. Works well for .a fall walk in the woods or with jeans to work. A little snug around my hips at the bottom but the rest fits great. A large would be too big for me so I'm satisfied. Love the thin puffyness.

This vest is super cute! It's so soft too. It's not a super big puffy, which I like. It's got a cool, western vibe to it. I got Medium like I usually do in OR and it fits great!

I loved this vest other than the fact that it didn't fit over my hips. Ordering up a size would have been too big for the rest of my frame. Its too bad the bottom of the vest isn't wider with a cinch cord.

Nice vest but runs small

Comfy, warm, runs slightly large

Lovely vest. I used it a lot this past winter for work since it gets chilly here (just above freezing but plenty of rain and wind) but I need my arms free, and it was very good at keeping my core warm. I've had to wash it a fair few times and it has been holding up well. I'm 5'9" and 150lbs with wider shoulders and hips (42"); I got a L and it fits my hips perfectly but it leaves the waist really baggy. So it gets the job done well and the peacock colour is lovely, but not the slimmest/most fashionable. I think next one I'll try M.

I absolutely love this vest for both in town and the backcountry! It fits wonderfully and is very comfy. I've used it in chilly and windy weather, and it keeps my core temperature nice and regulated. On the flip side, I also just wear it around the house nicely. The only thing I'd modify is the buttons on the pockets; it feels as if they may someday rip out of the fabric. Thus I keep them unbuttoned almost all the time. I'm 5'6" at 150 lbs, and a medium fits beautifully.

I just wear this almost Every evening for dog walks. For bigger hip ladies the adjustable bottom may not go out far enough. I find I have just enough room around the hips.

I like this vest, it is warm and light, but the proportions are a bit wrong for me. It's not enough to not wear it, so I am keeping it, and I wear it a lot for working outside.

I love the look of this vest. It's lightweight, which is great. I wish the pockets zipped instead of snapped and I wish there was a breast pocket as well, but other than that... it's great. I use this over flannels all the time and don't need a full coat.

Fits great, is warm, and is super cute on. I took one star because I had a thread pull within a week of receiving it that is already unraveling one of the seams between baffles. I like it enough I'm willing to do a little sewing to repair, but it's not ideal. I'm also not 100% sold on the snap pockets - would be a little more functional if they were zippered, but the snap adds a neat kinda retro look. Side note - I love Outdoor Research in general as they're one of the only gear companies that actually designs specifically for and tests with women, rather than just making a smaller-pinker version of whatever product has been developed for men.

This vest is warm and looks great. I love the soft collar and pockets. It feels slightly on the big side for a small, I probably could've gone to an xs. I'm 5'5" and 120# and I wear a small in everything... but now it seems the sizing is bigger around the middle in a lot of things.

Meets 100% of my expectations functionally, but the colour didn't seem quite true to what was online and fits a little large

I'm 5'5" and 140 lbs athletic/hourglass build. I ordered an XS and it would have been perfect, except for my "petite" size (read: short torso), so it bunched at my waist and I returned it. If it was about an inch shorter, it would be perfect!!

I would like to know how many gram of down is in the vest. As it is very light, I guess not much. That's why not warm enough to me. But the color and fit are very nice.

Didn't like the color and the sizing was too big. I wanted to love it but it just wasn't for me.

I use this vest as a midlayer in the winter and an outer layer in the spring and fall for hiking and snowsports. The fit is great and it looks really good. With 650 fill I expected it to be warmer and puffier. I have another down jacket with the same fill and down quality and it is noticeable thicker and warmer. I will still use it just not for cold days.