Canada Goose Women's Trillium Parka

The Pros: This is the warmest coat I've ever owned. I've been looking for a very warm winter coat, as I live in a northern climate and the winters can be brutally cold. Also, I tend to be someone who is 'always cold'. This coat is perfect for warmth! I can honestly say that I have not been cold one bit this winter. I can even wear just a simple long sleeved shirt underneath. No need to bulk up. It's so incredibly nice to get into my car in the winter, and not be shivering and stressed with cold!I absolutely adore the hood! The fur is luxurious and beautiful. It's seriously one of the most beautiful parts of the coat. When I'm standing outside getting gas, I keep my hood up and the fur completely blocks the wind - my face is not cold. Some have said the hood is too big, but it is completely adjustable, so you can have it whatever size you want. I like it larger, because it blocks more wind that way.Another benefit, is the coat is not unflattering. Parkas are often so bulky and round you feel like a marshmallow. Not so with the Trillium. It goes in at the waist, and you can adjust the cords inside to make it go in even further if you like. I think this coat is extremely flattering, especially for a parka.The Cons: The biggest con with this coat is the rough, sharp collar, up by your chin. It is not lined with fleece or anything, so you're getting the nylon material on your face. I knew about this from the other reviews, but thought I wouldn't care at all about it. As it turns out, it does bother me some. Every time you zip the coat up all the way, you feel it. It's very thick, and that would be good IF there was some lining or fleece, but as it is, the collar is pretty uncomfortable. I just keep it zipped down far enough that it doesn't bother me as much. It was a trade-off for the warmth of this coat.The other main con is the fit of the coat. I'm not overweight, but I do have hips, and it is very tight on the hips. I would normally wear a Medium, but had to go up to a Large to accommodate my hips, and even so it is still a bit snug there. I also tried on the Kensington, and that was even tighter on the hips, so I went with the Trillium and lived with it. In the car you can unzip the coat from the bottom up, so I do that and it's fine.A few small other cons: the inner straps sewn inside (to be able to carry the coat on your back) sometimes get in the way when you're putting the coat on. It's not a big deal, but you have to make sure you're not snagging those straps every time you put the coat on. It's a weird feature - who puts the coat on your back like a backpack, ever? Also, the wrists are a bit tight. I know they make that inner cuff snug to keep the cold out and keep air from getting up the sleeve, but it's very snug. My wrists are small, so I know it isn't my wrist size.All in all a wonderful coat. I'm keeping it because I can't find anything warmer, and I can live with the cons.

THE BAD[1] Too long: At 36" length, it turns out that make the zipper about 3 inches too long to easily reach down to connect the zipper and start zipping up-- instead you have to bunch the jacket up to grab both sides of the zipper to get it going, then because it's bunched up, you can't just easily zip it up, you have to zip it up in stages as you smooth and straighten the coat back out again and align the two edges. The coat I'm replacing is like this and I never realized that it was really all about the few inches of length, but since it bugged me the last few years with the old coat, I don't want to switch to another one that requires the same thing -- I'm switching to the Dawson Canada Goose which is 33". The coat will still keep me warm and that 3 inches less coverage will not make that much difference except for making the zipping process much simpler.[2] Red is not my type of red. I wear a cool or pure cherry red - not a tomato red. Red is my favorite color, but tomato red grates on my nerves. Red that leans towards cooler, maroon, orange, brick, washed out Nantucket red - all of those things grate on my nerve. I only like pure red. In the picture on my monitors the coat appears bright cherry red, but in person it's leaning towards tomato.[3] The pockets where you ostensibly warm your hands are in a bizarrely high location, I am literally putting my hands on my breasts when I put them in the pockets. The lower pockets, sort of 'utility pockets' with flaps - are equally awkward to put your hands in, given they are not really meant for that, with top opening and front positioning. Again, the Dawson coat is better designed in that it has pockets down lower where your hands naturally go into the pockets.THE GOODPer the Canada Goose website, this coat is a Level 4 warmth. I went for a 3 mile stroll in short sleeves in 15 degree weather with this coat, no scarf or gloves or any other extra layer, and I was sweating by the end. I could probably sleep in a snow drift in this coat. I'm sending it back and getting the Dawson anyway (for reasons outlined above) which is a level 5. The extra feature on the Dawson is a fleece layer where the neck closes - and while I haven't received it yet, I predict I will like that better than this Trillium - which has no lining where the neck closes, and in fact while the rest of me was sweating, my exposed chin was an ice cube.

Tl; dr: The coat looks really nice, has nice details, and is very, very warm, despite a slightly awkward fit.First the good:This is by far the warmest winter coat I've ever owned. It's also pretty thin for how warm it is. I live in Beijing, and it's usually between -10 and 0 Celsius with strong winds, and I'm warm. I've never had a coat that blocked the wind as well or was as snow/rain proof (it bounces off!). I'm 5'4", and for me the size XS coat is the perfect length, falling at mid-thigh so your backside is totally covered for warmth but it's not long and cumbersome. The drawstrings on the waist are great and give a puffy parka a surprisingly sleek, feminine cut. I like the lining/inserts on the cuffs with the knitted material. They are really long and stretchy so you never, ever have gaps between your coat and gloves. Also, I don't agree with the other reviewer about the hood issue: the hood has a strap for adjusting in the back, so you can make it as large or small as you want (maybe she didn't notice this?) Lastly, the fleece-lined hand-warmer pockets seem awkwardly placed at first, but they free up the lower pockets for other things and keep your arms tucked up next to you for extra warmth.Now the bad:I think the fur ruff, although very luxurious, is over-the-top and not very functional. Also, the top and bottom of the coat seem to be slightly disproportionate. I have wide hips and a relatively large bust for my height/frame (I normally wear size 2-4 clothes), and the coat fits VERY snugly around my hips but is super loose around my chest and especially my arms, which is weird. I can easily fit my thickest winter sweaters underneath. Finally, the zipper is indeed a bit flimsy and sometimes catches the fabric while zipping up.

Nachdem ich mit einem Fake-Produkt auf die Nase gefallen bin, hatte ich an den Verkäufer viele Fragen, die mir alle sehr nett, geduldig und kompetent beantwortet worden sind. Kaum hatte ich die Jacke bestellt, war sie auch schon da, was natürlich sehr erfreulich war, denn nachdem ich mich dafür entschieden hatte, wurde sie sehnlichst erwartet. Die Qualität ist TOP. Die Jacke hat ihren Preis, aber ich werde sie bestimmt auch einige Zeit tragen können. Da ich den Vergleich zum Fake-Produkt hatte, bleibt nur zu sagen: Qualität hat ihren Preis.

Good quality parka. I am happy with it. Got it fast dilivered. Fits perfect. Delivered as ordered and the package of the parka was also good

Top qualität, gute verarbeitung. nur weiter zu empfehlen.Bei minus grad ohne probleme.Lieferung war einwandfreiNur aufpassen bei der Kleidergroesse, M = 38

Très grand, tres lourd. manches trop longues. pas fémininJ'ai retourné ce parka des sa réceptionIl vaut mieux essayer avant d'acheter

Good.very pretty &warm.Very speedy arrived.