Great Jacket, great price. Unlike another down jacket I replaced with this; my New Balance jacket leaves no trace of feather or down on you or your clothes underneath. The outer shell seems like a tougher nylon than most down jackets, so I think this should last pretty well. It's really warm - good enough to go for a walk when the temperatures are at around freezing with nothing but a T shirt on under-neath. Appearance - I only gave it 4 stars because it is a puff jacket... no-body ever said they were supposed to be sexy...
Fit - it is true to size. I would prefer it to be a few inches longer, but I knew this would be the case based on the pictures before ordering. In terms of fit and length, it is exactly as the photos suggest, but again I would prefer it to com part way down the thigh - but that seems like a hard thing to find in a Men's puff jacket. It does have draw strings on the bottom, if I pull these in, it is just long enough to pull in under my backside when standing up or walking for a little extra core warmth; if I did anything more active than that or sat down, the bottom would pull up from there and settle on my waist if the draw string was in use (I simply wouldn't have the draw string tightened in that case).