Wow, it's like my Arcteryx jacket.....except not as good.
It's a cool jacket, but I doubt you'd ever use more than 2 or 3 of those pockets. I have a jacket with lots of pockets, and I still find that I only use 3 of them: the 2 hand pockets, and the napolean (horizontal) chest pocket. Everything goes into them. That's it. The rest, particularly the inside pocket(s), are never used. Why? Because unzipping the jacket every single time I want to change songs on my iPod is annoying, and quite frankly, unzipping the jacket means I let the warmth out (mine's a winter jacket).
Look for jackets from a company like Mountain Hardwear that are similar, but with only 3, 4, or maybe 5 pockets.
The jacket will likely be more waterproof and more breathable, but the same price.
I feel that my iPod should be where my hands are, which means it always ends up in my hand pockets. Of course, that means the cord has to be outside the jacket, which makes it look ugly. Waiting for bluetooth headphones to become popular, cheaper, and smaller is probably a better solution for me.
Also, unless I'm only going to use my mp3 player with this particular jacket, there's no way the headphone cable management system is going to be useful, as I wouldn't spend 5 minutes running the cable through the collar every time you want to use the jacket. I guess the easiest solution would be to buy a pair of earphones specifically for this jacket, and have another pair free for normal use. Depends on how nice your earphones are, and how much money you have, I suppose.
Saying all that, I really want a
TRAVEL VEST, but in a military green if they had it.
The orange is cool too. I'm not too big on conservative colours.
Oh, and their hoodie looks pretty sweet.
