Customer Reviews L.L.Bean Plus Size Bean's Sweater Fleece Full Zip Jacket

Great blue color, but pockets are lined with white fabric so if pockets are unzipped or sweater is worn open in front, white detracts from look. LL Bean, at this price how hard would it be to line with a similar color! I will be returning.

Loved this jacket when I first got it, it is warm. Less than handful of wears, the trim around the sleeve cuff came off. I expected better quality from LL Bean.

Scratchy, shapeless, and runs quite large. I was pretty disappointed. Returned it.

I was so looking forward to this arriving, and so disappointed when it did. I always wear size Regular Small with LLBean, but this jacket was enormous on me: long, shapeless, kind of like a sack with sleeves. Also the material was stiff and scratchy, and the color (spruce) anemic. I gave it two stars because the seams and zippers all seem well made, but completely unflattering and uncomfortable so I will be returning it.

Good Looking but Rough Polyester Body. I like the color, shape, but the materials are my least favorite. I got it cheep on Christmas sale, otherwise I would not even look at it.

Unimpressed with quality. As other reviews mentioned. The pockets are white when unzipped. This is stark contrast to the color of the jacket. Doesn't look right when unzipped. Also, I ordered a LONG, which was nice in the body, but the arms were NOT long. Maybe quit using overseas cheap manufacturers? Bring this back to the US. I won't be buying more!

I am so very happy with this purchase! The fit is great and the jacket is soft and looks great! The tall sizes are fantastic (more tall options would be even more fantastic)!

I ordered four versions of the sweater fleece to find one that fit properly - both the women's L and XL were way too tight in the shoulders to allow comfortable movement of the arms. The men's large was the only size which had enough space in the shoulders, but everything else was huge. I think the fit has changed since previous versions because I've had fleeces in the past that fit properly.

Several years ago I bought the 3n1 in black. The fleece is now badly pilled and needs replacing but I do not need to replace both parts of the 3n1 because the raincoat portion is still in excellent condition. Unfortunately LLB does not offer the sweater fleece in black. My second color option is Atlantic blue, but with the *extremely* unfortunate use of white for the pocket lining, I will not be buying it. So this is to LLB's buyers ... how about a black or a dark grey in this? Or could you at least coordinate the color of the lining of Atlantic with the jacket?

I purchased this jacket several months ago, my first item of sweater fleece. The color is beautiful, fit is great, it's warm, but the sweater fabric is poor, in my opinion. In a short time, the jacket started to pill. It does not hold up even as well as Bean sweaters. I tell many of my friends about your great quality, but cannot recommend this jacket. I will probably not buy sweater fleece again. I am not used to jackets pilling.

Sleeves are to tight even though I bought a larger size. Material is stiff and tends to bunch up around neck when sitting.

Sweater fleece was a pretty aqua color, fabric was not a soft as I had expected. Sleeves were 6 inches too long. Shoulders did not fit well. Size was a 2X....

While I loved the color of the blue jacket, the white lining for the pockets completely ruined the look. I had read other negative reviews about the white lining, but since I really liked the color of the jacket, I didn't think the lining would bother me. It did. If you always wear your jacket zipped up, then the lining is irrelevant. However, if you leave unzipped and move around, the lining pops. Reluctantly, I decided to return the jacket.

Runs small. The petite size is very short. I wish I had ordered a size up and not petite.

I bought this jacket in gray before and it did not have a label on the front. The new ones do and I thought it was tacky and removed it. And the color is dark purple, not "muted purple". I also bought the vest in "muted purple" and it is a beautiful lavender (although it too now has the tacky label on the front). BOO to marketing.

I really didn't like it. A size large was so snug across the chest, it felt weird to me. I normally wear a size medium but buy the large in certain items, usually tops and jackets for added flexibility and roominess. The sleeves are very snug and don't have any room for movement. But this is not a match for me. The material is very stiff, the zipper bunches up and forms a bump, or pouch over the torso. Not at all flattering. Finally, the brand logo on the front is very annoying to me. It looks like a spot of dirt or a stain. I refuse to wear visibly branded clothing. I returned this.

Generally I love LLB. But this jacket is far beneath their usual quality. The cut is not fitted as stated, it is boxy and has a weirdly cut shape. The arms look and feel like they are made from cardboard. The overall fit is boxy, not a feminine boxy but almost cut for a youth or man. I particularly dislike the material. Advertised as a soft fleece, it lacks movement and flow around the bust, shoulders, torso and waist. The material is stiff and doesn't move with you; feels more like I am encased in a shroud. It's tight across the shoulders and torso, and flattens over the bust. Thankfully, I am not well-endowed in the bust because in this jacket, the cut across the bust would make me look like HumV up-armored vehicle. This is the most unflattering, unfeminine jacket I have even tried on. As for the color, it is not a lavendar, purple, heather, or any pastel shade. It looks like a bad blue-green-red dye job that wasn't well matched. It's not a nice looking jacket, period. Finally, the last thing that I really dislike is the logo-tag. LLB never used to show their brand, now it seems to be the thing to do, and it's visible on just about every single product. It takes the brand down IMO, not up. Visible branding on any item is just ridiculous to me. If I wanted people to know the brand of clothing I am wearing, it would be by a very cleverly placed and subtle icon-surely not a large label in black and white block print that advertises a low-budget clothing manufacturer. It looks cheap and tacky. Even if every other thing about this jacket was perfect, I'd still be returning based on the stupid looking branding label. This is a huge fail for me!

I wanted to love this, but . . . . First the good; the knit on the outside is attractive and soft. The inside is brushed, also very soft. The downside: this fit in the shoulders, but, in spite of the princess seams, this jacket is not at all fitted. Also, at this length, when you sit down, the fabric pooches in the mid section. What woman wants her tummy and hips to look bigger? I am looking for style and function. This jacket is going back.

I was disappointed that for the price of this jacket, you cannot get a snug fit of the collar around your neck, thus making it not a good jacket in cool or windy weather. I tried zipping the collar all the way up and then turning it down. Even this doesn't work, as the fabric is stiff and not conducive to being turned down.

This is too boxy so I'm returning it.

Loved wearing this sweater. Got the pewter color. BUT the areas under the arms all the way down to the pockets are "pilling" and no longer soft and smooth. Feels rough now. So disappointed. Ordered it in June 2019/didn't wear it till around Christmas time; started showing wear after a couple of months. Should have sent it back then/too late now.

Wanted to love this - did love it.....except. Loved the fabric. Length was good on my 5' 5" frame. Great fit at hips, waist, and chest. However, the shoulders and arms were cut so skimpy it was a deal breaker. Shoulders, arm holes, and sleeves were too tight. Even a thin shirt underneath felt too binding. I would have expected the fit to allow for something at least mid-weight underneath. I am sending this back for a refund. Too bad; I would have liked to have kept it.

I like the shape of the sweater and the feel. It fits well and is nice to wear around the house when there's a nip in the air. I'm disappointed in the fabric -- it pills! The piping around the cuffs doesn't hold up well either, even after a few wearings. Beware of washing this with other clothes, because it attracts lint in the wash. I, too, don't like the obvious LLBean logo on the front of the sweater. (The previous version didn't have it.) $89 is too much to pay for this sweater.

The garment is stiff and misrepresented in the picture. Shoulders don't sit right on my body. It calls itself a sweater fleece full zip jacket but I don't believe this material is fleece at all. More like a sweater knitted of a stiff cheap material.

Overall this jacket fit perfectly. But you would think the designers would realize that if I'm big enough to need a jacket this big, that my upper arms aren't twigs! I couldn't even wear a thin tee under this jacket. Very disappointed. I sent it back.