Customer Reviews L.L.Bean Rugged Ridge Parka

I looked around for a while at different jackets till I found this one and it is warm, comfortable, and keeps the water out. So far so good.

It is lighter and bigger than I expected. I returned it for a smaller size.

WHERE IS THE RED AND BLACK. I NEED TO REPLACE MY JACKET AND THE COLOR WITH RED IS NOT APPEALING BUYERS PLEASE BRING BACK THE RED AND BLACK IMMEDIATELY I NEED A WARM JACKET FOR THE WINTER AND I CANNOT WEAR DOWN. THIS IS THE ONLY JACKET THAT FITS ME PROPERLY AND IS EXTREMELY WARM

It's nice and warm. I do however miss two extra warm high pockets I have in an older jacket from llbean. I miss those a lot. Also this jacket is a bit stiffer than I had expected.

Coat is lightweight and comfortable but the zipper is surprisingly thin and wimpy. A jacket this good should have a beefier and easier to use zipper

Parka is a little larger and heavier than I anticipated, but seems solid and warm enough. Probably better suited for really cold weather, which I haven't experience yet this season.

The collar is too narrow to wear in the raised up position, snapped around the neck and lower chin. The hood is too large. I find the previous shares that the coat is not as warm as advertised.

I have had this jacket for about 5 years. It is a great, warm jacket however the zipper is cheap! I will order another on in Nov 2025, hope the zipper is better! I have a competitors down jacket. I bought it in 1995 and use it to snowblow! The zipper is heavy duty, metal !

Totally waterproof. Good hood. Jacket is not insulated well across upper back, shoulders and upper arms. I need to wear a very warm underlayer.

I bought from L.L.Bean because of the known quality. My husband didn't wear the jacket a lot and it was purchased 1 month and 22 days over the 1 year return policy. I called and getting another jacket was not an option (sending it into the zipper dept would take 7-8 weeks turn around and mailing it to the review dept would again leave us having to purchase another coat in the meantime. We will not be purchasing items from L.L.Bean again.

I have owned this coat for 5 years and travel extensively during the winter. It is labeled as "warmest" but I would disagree. The quality is good, it has more pockets than you need, but to say it is the warmest. Being from New England, I feel qualified to say that it could be warmer.

Returned. Pockets were awkward, poorly placed, uncomfortable. Hood was too large, drawstrings were difficult to use.

The jacket is very heavy. I get tired if I wear it for more than 60 minutes.

Warm coat however the pockets are small and there aren't enough of them.

This is a very nice looking jacket. It runs large. The pockets are very hard to get into..

Big difference with old version /cheapened version with 2 less outside pockets, not great hands on pocket position, less effective insulation, pocket lining and collar material is uncomfortable on skin, kind of Velcro like interaction with skin.

It isn't as warm as its predecessor LL Bean jacket, but it it is well constructed and seems that it will last a long time.

I bought this coat for xmas of last year for my husband. He wore it once last year due to warm winter in RI. Tried to put it on today to snowblow the yard but the zipper is not working!! Very disappointed because I expected more from a $200.00 coat from llbean. It is 1-2 monthes pass the return date!!LLbean said they would evaluate the situation!! Lets see how customer focused they are because I am a good customer and would like to continue that relationship

This is a nice jacket, but WAY to thin for a parka. The pockets are a little odd, need top loading instead of side loading, one example, I don't feel my wallet is secure inside of a side loaded pocket inside where I HAVE to zip it up to NOT have anything fall out. Snaps would be better than Velcro. Its warm, but not PARKA warm. I expected a lot more form an LL Bean 'Parka'. Its ALMOST there. Nice, but... some poor design choices.

I bought this in 2021. It's been a good mid-weight parka but the zipper has never worked well, and has gotten worse over time. About 4" down from the top the zipper has developed a kink that jams on the way down after it has been pulled all the way up. It usually takes 5" for me to maneuver it free. I sent it back LLB to replace the zipper.

My 2 year old parka had much more insulation than my new blue one. Not as warm as my 2 year old parka either.. I do like the two way zipper though... Hard to find such a coat with the added features of a removable hood too. Wish it had same insulation as my 2 year old parka... We'll see how it holds up this mild winter too... Dunno.

Would prefer that you go back to using snaps instead of Velcro. The cuff rubs against it when the jacket is open and it wears out the fabric.

I ordered this parka late in the winter (and it was actually very nice) however for me it was an odd fit: too broad in the shoulder but too tight through the chest so I had to return it. Sorry LL Bean

One star taken because it didn't state it had velcro. Another taken away for the outside pockets. I think snap buttons should go where the Velcro is. Also, snap buttons should go where the outside zipper pockets are. Maybe I'm being too picky, but my other LL Bean parka from 2015 is made a lot better than this one I purchased. Still, this new parka is nice, but could be better as I described.

Disappointingly not as much of a tall man size as I was wanting. The inside waist gathering string falls way above normal waistline on a 6'3" man the sleeves are long enough but overall parka length could be a couple of inches longer