Review on Stay Warm In Style: Legendary Whitetails Men'S Rugged Dakota Full Zip Jacket by Lyle Stepp

OK, so after wearing it a bit I have to say I really think its just a jacket that walks in the middle too much and gets stuck not really knowing itself.The cut is great and the dark brown (chocolate?) color walks the line perfectly between "light enough for everyday wear, but dark enough for date night". What's more that zippered hoodie helps push the style whichever way you need.keep it on for a more casual look, take it off to dress it up a bit.Unfortunately, everything else just keeps missing by the barest bit.The waxed cotton outter looks great at a distance, but the material just doesn't look as good up close. It doesnt have the same quality as something going for a "nicer" look and it doesnt have the rough textured build of something that speaks to a truly practical nature. This means you are tempting the disappointment fairy if you were it on date night ("oh that looks.not that great."), but on the other hand, the material is definitely not rugged enough for actual work use (ironic considering the name). If you actually had to carry wood, a bail of hay, or god forbid wire, I just dont see it holding up.The coat has some thickness to it, but its definitely not a cold weather coat. I run hot and I'd say this is perfectly fine for temperatures in the 50's (F) with moderate wind and low / no precipitation. If you plan to wear it on colder temps you definitely need to layer it.Pockets.oof are these things rage inducing. The two outside hand pockets have aggressively large openings with the bottom of the pocket being wider than the top and a very shallow angle. Result is absolutely nothing feels secure in the pockets except maybe large gloves stuffed into them. In the end, they are certainly not bad, but they seem worse than they are because of the other pockets.The upper left chest pocket is the only pocket with a zipper. It has a surprisingly deep (bottoms out below the pectoral muscle) and narrow pocket. This means anything you put in it will probably dig into your cheat and /or stick out, and be frustratingly difficult to remove for anyone that has anything larger than moderate sized hands.The inside pockets are both on the left side. For a righty like me, that didn't at first seem like a bad thing (more on that later), but if you're a lefty I can only imagine its a pain to find that out after purchase. Both the pockets are as narrow as the chest pocket, with the top pocket being rather short (maybe the size of a bifold wallet) while the bottom inside pocket is closer to 6 inches long so once again, anything that goes into it becomes a pain to fish out unless you have small hands. With neither having zipper / securing apparatus you have to choose between dropping something in a pocket that doesn't feel secure or knowing you'll have to contort your hand into a claw to remove the item. Finally to those keeping track, this jacket has 4 of its 5 pockets on the left side. Once again, lefty's be ware, but also if you do fill all the pockets I can only imagine the coat wearing awkwardly.In the end, if you're looking for a somewhat flexible urban casual coat to wear in the 50's (F) and dont actually need pockets.I think its actually pretty decent. I think if it dealt with some of the items I mentioned, it'd be amazing. As it is, just doesn't suit me.