Overall, this jacket is excellent. It's completely waterproof (I was shooting in Argyll on Saturday in constant and torrential rain) , the pockets are just the right size, and it's nice and light. The hood works very well indeed. There are only two negatives: 1. the wristbands inside the sleeves are too lose. I have normal sized wrists and after raising my gun all day, the ends of my sleeves were the only bit of me that was wet. 2. the zip is fine until you've got it about 80% up, and then it's a struggle to take it the last distance. I'm sure these two can be corrected after which you'll have a perfect jacket.