Customer Reviews L.L.Bean Sweater Fleece Full Zip Jacket

I really like the material and design of this fleece and it has the usual LL Bean quality, but the cut is very unflattering. It's very boxy and wide in the waist. LL Bean is clearly targeting old men with big beer bellies with this fleece. If you are athletic or trim you will have all kinds of extra material in the waist and it will be a very unflattering look. It's too bad because it's very well made, but I think the LL Bean demographic of middle aged dudes is probably driving the decision to cut the design to be very boxy.

Generally I would rate this jacket highit fits fine except for the sleeves. It is described in the catalogue as slightly fitted with relaxed chest and sleeves. The sleeves are definitely not "relaxed"they are so snug (and I don't have Popeye arms!) that when I put the jacket on my regular cotton shirt sleeves are caught by the fleece and forced up my arm as far as they can go. Maybe this is a manufacturing defect. I will be returning the jacket after wearing it fewer than five times.

Fit would have been great except the sleeves were about 2" too long, called LLBean told them about it and was told they couldn't alter them. Have brought the jacket to a seamstress to have the sleeves altered, it's still there so don't know what the cost will be but I do know it will end up being a lot more that I would have paid for

My only reason for rating this two stars is because imho all this jacket needs to be great is some sort of drawstring or elastic hem at the bottom. When I bought this I was looking for a nice, less technical fleece jacket that I could pull off at work. I love the Bean sweater fleece and own the pullover. The fabric to me seems superior to other outdoor brands and costs less in most all cases. I'm 6'1", 185 lbs, 41" chest, 32" waist athletic build. I ordered a Medium which fit me well in the shoulders, but the jacket just ballooned out at the bottom which I didn't care for. On a colder day it wouldn't be helpful and it didn't have that streamlined look I was going for. I can't say enough good things about the quality of the construction or the awesome fabric, but I had to return based on the fit. Perhaps they'll come out with a version in the Signature line or add some sort of cinching to the bottom in the future. I'll definitely grab one if they do.

I don't know how well it will hold up over time, but I have to say this: I really dislike the bright and hard to overlook logo on the jacket. I have no interest in advertising for a company, and don't appreciate that LL Bean has started doing this. I spent a half hour on a tedious removal, hoping that I wouldn't damage the jacket.

I tried this sweater on today. The fit was good and the quality was up to LL Bean standards. The product failed me when I looked at my profile while checking the fit. It had gone well up to the when I noticed that back of the sweater was an inch or two longer than the front. It may be the style, but fails to meet "middle america" traditional fit. I would have purchased the sweater. Stick with what works. Trendy is not LL Bean's ball of wax.

Sizing was correct for chest and waist but neck and arms were weirdly small and tight and I am not a body builder or overweight. I had to return. Zippers are too small and should be upgraded to YKK brand to work more smoothly. Fabric was comfortable and color was pleasing. Logo patch is overly prominent and promotional. Please return to your former signature style logo in subtle coloring.

It developed pilling almost immediately after wearing it. Poor quality and not worth the price!

Very comfortable and fit is good, but the fabric pills badly. After 3 washings, the fabric is covered with pills. Looks terrible. Cannot recommend, especially at the price point

The sizing on this was unusual. I'm 6' tall and 165 lbs. The large should've fit perfectly, based on other items such as my 850 down jacket but it was far too tight in the shoulders and waist.

Very poor zipper. Very difficult to use hangs up all the time!

I ordered for my husband xxx-too big. Then I ordered xx- too small.

Sorry to say quality is poor. Several seams are coming apart after only a couple weeks. This is not what I expect from ll bean.

I bought 3 other Fleece sweaters and loved them. There are getting worn so I wanted to buy a 4th. However, this one, when received, was inferior in terms of quality and I had to return it, AND PAY FOR THE RETURN. In these situations L L Bean should reimburse for the return, or provide a replacement product of higher quality.

I love LL Bean--most of clothes come from here. But this fleece, while it's well designed is made of a fabric that pills--after a few days of wear and one to two washings, it looks ancient--the fabric is all covered in little dots/twists of material pilling off.

I bought the sweater a month ago. Wore about 3 times and there was noticeable pilling everywhere. Had to return it. They need to use a new and different material. Simple as that. Would not recommend unless you want to shave your sweater every time you use it.

Ill fitting. I have a lot of LLBean clothes and I'm not sure that I'll ever wear this.

Generally I love LLBean products. Except for one fatal flaw I love this sweater too. But it has a dangerous zipper. The danger is to car seats. I bought a very expensive (125 k) luxury car. As soon as the weather cooled and I wore this, I noticed small tears appearing in the leather surface I sat on. This continued to worsen as I wore this sweater. The zipper was shredding the leather! The zipper rubbed against the leather seat surface when unzipped and it got between me and the seat (when I was driving with it unzipped). An inexpensive garment was destroying the expensive leather seat in a luxury car. That is unacceptable. I had to stop wearing this sweater. It's downright dangerous to nice cars. Beware.

The jacket is very nice. I didn't know the thickness of the fabric inside and outside so I was not expecting that heavy a fabric. I thought it was a little lighter fabric that could be used inside the house during the day - but it is not the case.

I didn't like to quality. I returned it many days ago and have heard nothing!

I do not like this sweater at all.it's itchy and the fleece already looks worn

The jacket was labeled LT but the jacket must have been a medium as the sleeves were very short. This is the second time I've ordered something from LLBean that was mislabeled. I won't be buying from LLBean again. .

The jacket is not the quality I usually associate with LL Bean

My husband is 6'3" and the tall jack is way too short! Will be returning.

I bought this as a sweater primarily for indoors during fall-winter-spring here in northern AZ as it is advertised as a "Sweater Fleece". I immediately noticed that it was not that warm. The cold/chill goes right through it. Also, after several months the lower front puckered up and it began to "pill". After only washing it once - according to directions on the label - these characteristics greatly exacerbated. I hardly wear it at all any more.