Customer Reviews L.L.Bean Hi-Pile Fleece Full Zip Jacket

The jacket is a perfect fit, excellent warmth and great look but sheds like crazy. I purchased a white jacket and have never had fleece before so I was surprised to discover white fleece all over my clothing. I have washed it twice and used a pile remover inside and out to alleviate some of this. Will have to be careful of what I wear it with.

Love the jacket but wish sleeves and waist a bit longer. Love it's soft sweater-like qualities inside and out. Perfect for brisk morning dog-walking. Sometimes I buy medium men's shirts but I really wanted the fit and color of this jacket. Longer sleeves & waist please.... then would have been perfect.

Super warm, comfy, and I bought it slightly big so I could layer under it. One caveat: the fuzziness is not just on the outside. So I tried putting on my ivory jacket with a black shirt, and...well, you can guess what happened. It's probably unavoidable, but was a bit of a bummer since a lot of my winter clothes are dark. I'll just have to wear this with lighter ones, or ones I don't care get fuzzies all over them (i.e. not work clothes). Still, a fun jacket.

After wanting this jacket for months I finally ordered it and looked forward to its arrival. However the style of the jacket is not good on me... even in a petite it comes down a bit too long and being that I am a pear shape... it makes me look fat which is what women dread... The material while fluffy and soft actually has little body... I had expected a bit more protection against cold. I am 5 ft 3 in there about and shrinking as I am old. My weight is around 140... so I am going to send back this much longed for jacket. Sigh!

This fleece is super comfortable, but I highly recommend sizing down. The sleeves are long, so I usually keep them rolled up.

Good service,nice color and warm and cozy.

While LL Bean's quality is always top-notch, never a question, sizing over the last few years is difficult. Purchased two of the same size Fleece Jackets, one platinum, one loden, again quality at the top but while both jackets are XL they both fit different. One fits as it should, the other smaller/tighter. Have had this problem before! Was explained to me by an employee when prior returning a different jacket with same issues "that sometimes same item is made at different warehouse so there could be a difference". That was disappointing to hear. I'm 61 and as a little girl trips were made to LL Bean in Freeport with dad, a 4 hour round trip, because of my dad's loyalty and now mine. Still make the trip even though they are closer now. While understanding profit is a priority shouldn't forget the LL Bean traditional quality!

I enjoy all of my LLBean merchandise. This jacket is perfect for Fall and early Spring. I love the color and the fabric. Fit is as stated. However, this is the second item that I have purchased that has your LLBean Logo tag sewn on the upper chest area of the jacket, in this case right over the pocket flap. The colors clash and I feel the location is intrusive. In the future maybe think about an outside seam on the body of the the clothing, or on a sleeve. I purchased a sweatshirt last winter and it has the same label in the same location. It is EXCELLENT other than this label so I had to rate it as GOOD in hopes you will make a change. Thank you

Thinner than I expected, and the balsam color was more gray than desired. It also was a closer fit than expected. Expectations were based on a thick pile vest from ll bean that I love so much. Item was returned.

For the price, I thought this hi-pile fleece jacket would have some type of lining. I'm very disappointed because it's so light weight, I wouldn't think of wearing it without a heavy sweater underneath. There's absolutely no lining in the one I received.

Soft but ... ... the sleeves are too short and, though cozy, it seems a bit too bulky. still assessing.

I bought the green color in an xs. I'm 5'4 and 115 lbs and this was way too big...have to return it.

I didn't understand the difference between Hi-Pile and Sherpa fleece. This jacket is just not what I expected, so I returned it. It felt very loose and floppy, but probably would be cozy, jut not what I wanted.

I really really wanted to like this. Might work for some but the fit was just off for me.

I'm not sure why several reviewers said this jacket ran large as I felt it definitely ran small. ( I wonder if the small fit had anything to do with the color--I ordered the Mallard Blue Heather/Marine Blue which is a beautiful color. Maybe ordering a size up would fix the problem. Also, when I tried it on, the hi-pile fleece was all over the shirt I had on. I am normally a women's size medium and recently ordered the LL Bean Women's Ultralight 850 Down Hooded Sweater in a medium which fit perfectly with a room to spare for an extra layer underneath. I wanted to love this jacket and really would like to try again if LL Bean could make it roomier and keep the fleece on the jacket and not everywhere else!

This fleece was almost perfect but had one critical flaw -- the stitching around the shoulder/arm area was poorly done and came apart within days. Fortunately L.L. Bean quickly offered a free replacement. Other than the stitching problem my wife was totally satisfied with the softness, warmth, and fit.

Very soft, comfortable, and warm. The purple shade is a nice color and seems very well made. Just not in love with how it fits. Very roomy, especially in the mid section. I'm 5'7", 140, athletic build, and small is too big. With how the sleeves are cut compared to the body, I'm not sure a smaller size would fit very well either. Keeping because it checks all my other boxes, but definitely not my most figure-flattering jacket.

The material is a bit thin but I'll keep it to see how it wears.

It runs small. I ordered a medium and I have ordered other LL Bean jackets. I should have sent it back.

I like the soft fleece. The sleeves are tight, if I was wearing a sweater under this jacket it would not fit. I wish the plus size was a little longer for those of us who want to hide our rear. I'll keep it but a little disappointed in this jacket.

I have two solid colored versions of this fleece which I wear regularly to work. I haven't ordered any recently because I didn't think I would like the heathered looking fleece. I decided to give the Mallard Blue Heather/Marine Blue a try as I really needed another fleece for work. When it arrived I could tell before even getting it out of the plastic that I would not like it. The way it is heathered ( dark flecks amongst the lighter color) makes it, to my eye, look like it is dirty. I hope that LL Bean will in the future bring back the solid color fleece. Other than that the quality the quality seems to be the same of my previously purchased hi - pile fleece. I will be returning it.

May return the zipper is on the wrong side xxxxxxx

My jacket is so soft & the fit is perfect & quality excellent

In your picture of the fleece jacket, you cannot tell it has hideous patches on the sleeves. I kept the jacket but feel like all people see are the ugly patches. It is snugly warm but I would not have purchased it if I had known.

I like and have other of this style jacket . . . for the investment I am disappointed with how the zipper is sewn in the garment