Customer Reviews

Columbia Men's Shelby's Soft Shell Jacket C6495 red Small

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This coat is incredibly light weight, but very warm compared to just a fleece-type Columbia jacket (which I had before). This coat has become my everyday coat, and it works great - I'm not sure how it holds up to skiing or snowboarding conditions.

The inside material is a thin fleece, not the long, blanket style fleece, which interacts with my inside clothes much less than the other fleece jacket I had before. The outside material is a glossy polyester, almost looks like a dull black satin. Water brushes of this material easily.

Pockets are double-sided, accessible from the outside through zipper pockets and through the inside pouch-style pockets.

Zipper is quite large, and the zipper handle can flip over to rest inside the coat - a feature of many ski and snowboard coats.

The bottom of the coat can be left loose for a modern, stylish look, or it can be bunched up using the built-in elastic band for a more snug fit.

The ends of the sleeves are controlled by a light elastic which hangs a bit loose, and it cannot be adjusted, which may be a turn-off for certain buyers. For my purposes, it is not an issue.

Good, quality Columbia coat, as usual.

This jacket combines great looks and functionality. Just right for cool weather when you need something warm and non-bulky. It's water resistant and stops the wind. Feels nice on the inside (a layer of fleece) and the outside. The North Face analog (Apex Pneumatic Jacket) is nice too, but it doesn't feel right around the wrists. If you have cash to spend you might want to go for a sofshell over $100, but for $60 (Amazon price) this jacket is perfect.

Seriously this is the best jacket ever. You can wear it with everything and it looks good, especially if you get the black. It's never too warm if the sun is out and besides in freezing weather you will not be cold. It is also water resistant so when it rains you will stay dry- unless its pouring out in which case you should be wearing a rain jacket or using an umbrella anyways.

The softshell jacket is great since it protects you from wind, very low temperature but at the time, continue to be wearable when it's not super cold.

High quality jacket, comfortable and warmer at moderate temperatures (0 - 5 degrees celcius) and it has soft inner. I am satisfied.

Yeah, my dad loved it. He wears it all winter. Something I did didn't suck.

I was looking for a lightweight warm and wind proof jacket to be use in the datacentre with temperature set at 17C with three air-conditioner fan in full blast just next to me, so the temperature is probably much lower. I live in a tropical country, and such temperature is really cold for me.
I was able to sustain in that environment for about 2-3 hours before having to leave for a short break.

I am an asian at about 1.8 m, 90Kg the XL is slightly large for me. The measurement stated on the jacket label tags also differs from that provided by Amazon Size & Measurement Web page.
e.g. the tag from jacket depicts that XL is for chest measuring 42-44 instead of 44-46.

I am very please with this jacket as it offer similar warmth as compare to other jackets that are heavier and thicker

Is really what you would expect. It flawlessly zips into into the outer liner and has the little tie-downs that hold it in place. It is not as warm as the original inner-liner but not too bad. It does not have the smooth lined sleaves so it is a little tough to put long sleaves into and seems to be a little "bunchy" when moving, however that also means that you don't get the freezing shock from the lined sleeves either. Overall it is a coat, and if you have a need for a replacement inner liner for a Columbia jacket, this works well.