Customer Reviews L.L.Bean Quilted Full Zip Sweatshirt

Purchased the blue full zip. Love the design and the sweatshirt is very soft. Unfortunately the garment started accumulating holes along the seam and zipper lines shortly after the first wash, even when washing inside out and in a garment bag on delicate. The issue has only worsened with time, even with infrequent and very gentle washing. For such a pricey garment and for an LL Bean item, I would have expected better quality.

Arms narrow and constricting. Will be returning. Color is wonderful. Expected full quilting, as in my previous one, not just on the body.

This is a very nice jacket. The quality and styling are perfect. So, why did I have to sadly return it? The jacket is very long for a petite size. It fits like a tunic, which is not expected for this style jacket.

Kind of heavy compared to fleece and other materials

This is a beautifully designed sweatshirt. Unfortunately, the zipper catches on the backing fabric, having been sewn too close, making it impossible to zip. Customer service was very helpful providing a credit.

The zippers are not working on these sweatshirts. This is the 2nd one I bought for my wife after returning the first one for the same reason. It is sad to say, but the overall quality of LL Bean products has gone down over the past few years.

I treated myself to this quilted full zip fleece sweatshirt. Within a few days the zipper got stuck and shredded the quilting. I fixed it with needle and thread as I thought it was my fault. However this continued to happen and is ruining the fabric by the zipper. For the price and LLBean name, one would expect better quality in something as simple as a zipper. I'm considering returning it to the store or trying to exchange it in hopes that this issue is an isolated problem.. judging by other reviews it doesn't look that way.

I expected a thicker fabric, especially with "quilting". This is not worth the price. The only good thing is the larkspur color, but this will go to our local clothes charity. I don't like the hassle to return nor to pay fees. I used to trust L L Bean, but now I'm wary.

I ordered my recommended size which was large tall. This sweatshirt was massive. I called customer service and she tried so hard, but we could not figure out the appropriate size. On paper, large should have fit. In reality, it seemed like I was a small. I did not do an exchange as I don't want to do another return, and neither of us were confident we had the correct sizing. Quilted fabric is soft and definitely warm. If you understand LLB sizing, this would be a warm staple

I am usually a 2x in jackets so I purchased a 3x to have room for long sleeve shirts. The sleeves are too tight unfortunately.

I am full busted and bought a size Large at first. Since I prefer a looser fit, and the Large was a tiny bit snug in the bust area I returned it and ordered an XL. The XL fit great everywhere, except that the bottom of the sweatshirt was so loose and flared out like a skirt. Very strange look for a sweatshirt. I did not experience any issues with the zipper as other reviews have mentioned. Unfortunately I will be returning the XL as well.

The fabric, color, and style were very nice, but I had to return it. I bought a size 2X and the sleeves were more than four inches too long. Note to LL Bean: Your arms don't get longer if you gain weight. I also wish the garment had been A-lined a little to accommodate larger hips.

Love this jacket but I am having issues with the zipper

The color and fit are great. The zipper catches on the fabric and takes several attempts. I've found this issue with other products as well. Very disappointed in the decline in quality.

Sweatshirt is very stiff. There is a facing on the inside that make is worse. Cuffs and banding around the bottom are stiff too. Sleeves are super long and out of proportion for the rest of the garment. I'm 5'10" and had to fold sleeves up. This is not as nice and cozy as you would expect it to be. I was disappointed because LL Beans quality is usually spot on. This went back.

The sweatshirt looked like in the photo when it arrived. I liked the deep green color. What I did not like was how thin it was and the boxy shape. The zipper is flimsy, too, which is frustrating because I really hoped it would be a good purchase. Unfortunately, it is going back.

Purchased Slate Blue Heather and Light Gray Heather. Slate Blue seems very nice all around, although I haven't yet washed it. Writing a review so early because the Light Gray's collar, side panels and sleeves (the 60% cotton-40% polyester sections) are noticeably yellowish compared to the body. The color differences are obvious even in the product photo, and unacceptable especially at $89.00. Returning the Light Gray unopened.

This item is a zip up, quilted sweatshirt, the color is beautiful and why I considered keeping it but for these reasons I decided not to. First it had a horrible oily smell when it first came out of the plastic wrap, it did disperse after washing, but the odor smelled like petroleum, next the zipper although very sturdy started sticking. It did not have a tab to hang it, since it has no hood hanging it up causes a dent in the fabric. The material is an inexpensive fabric not worth the high price tag. Not made in the USA, which I find odd as llbean is synonymous with Maine.

Love the sweatshirt BUT the pockets do not hold my cell phone which keeps falling out. It's a problem if I don't have other pockets to use. I'm disappointed.

I found the quilting made this stiffer and tighter than the mock-neck zip-up I usually buy. Didn't like it. I wear, and have for 20 years worn LLBean regular small, and have many of the mock-neck zip-ups, they all still fit fine. This one was binding.

It looked as if this jacket was thrown together in a hurry. Upper seams on pockets did not meet in front and zipper was too difficult to manage. Very disappointed, because fabric is very nice, warm but not heavy, fit was good, liked the styling. Hated to send it back. What happened to quality control?

Didn't have enough room in chest but shoulder seams were correctly placed. With possible shrinkage over time, I wouldn't have been happy.

Wanted to love this but sleeves were too long and it just didn't feel right.

The sleeves on this full zip sweatshirt were too snug in a Petite Large. Other than that, this was a fine garment, great zipper, good color. I hope that the Design folks can add an inch in the Width of the sleeves for next year's model, length of sleeves was good.

I have this zip front sweatshirt in the rose color. I purchased a lilac one and am disappointed to find that it is 2" longer in the body (and a bit more narrow) and the sleeves than the one I already have. Everything I've purchased from Bean recently has been too long. I've had to hem Perfect Fit Pants in regular. The new printed split neck tunic was exchanged for petite due to being too long and the sleeves are too short now while the body length is good. I also purchased the new Feather Fleece and it too has to be returned because it's too long in the body. I've been a customer for over 30 years and am still the same 5'6" height. I've ordered replacements in the petite option and hope the garment proportion will fit as well as being shorter.