‘This 3-in-1 coat is the best warm winter jacket I own – it even comes with an extra fleece’

If you’re looking for the cleanable does-it-all wintertime jacket, Columbia’s three-in-one overgarment is waterproof, insulated, and gives you 3 antithetic pieces of outerwear successful one

If there’s 1 happening I’m not chopped retired for, it’s being cold. Which makes the wintertime months rather a problem, particularly erstwhile the temperatures person been reaching minus figures astir days for weeks connected end.

As I walk rather a batch of clip outdoors, particularly connected canine walks, I’ve been hunting precocious and debased for the cleanable wintertime overgarment that does it all. And I mean all. I privation waterproof, I privation warm, I privation it to inactive look chill and stylish adjacent erstwhile I’m ankle heavy successful mud. And it seems I whitethorn person recovered the wintertime overgarment to extremity each different wintertime jackets – Columbia’s Unisex Powderkeg II Remastered 3-In-1 Waterproof Insulated Jacket.

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As soon arsenic I spotted this connected the Columbia website, I knew it would tick each my boxes. And though it’s priced astatine £270, you’re really getting 3 (well, much similar four) antithetic jackets successful one, which works retired astatine astir £67.50 per overgarment if you were to bargain each 1 individually.

That’s due to the fact that the Powderkeg II Remastered 3-In-1 Waterproof Insulated Jacket has a detachable liner overgarment which is afloat reversible, and tin beryllium worn connected its ain successful 2 antithetic ways. With a lightweight puffer connected 1 broadside and a colourful trendy fleece connected the other, that leaves you with 4 wearable options:

• The fleece

• The puffer jacket

• The outer overgarment connected its own

• The implicit overgarment with the lining zipped in

The outer “main” overgarment is everything you request for the wintertime weather. It’s finished with Columbia’s Omni-Tech which is some waterproof and breathable with afloat sealed seams, truthful not a driblet of h2o volition get inside.

Even erstwhile worn connected its ain this overgarment is incredibly lukewarm and dry, whilst inactive being lightweight capable to popular into a backpack. It has velcro tabs connected the sleeves that tin beryllium pulled choky to support your wrists warm, an elastic hem to support the acold out, and zipped pockets.

If you’re looking for immoderate other warmth, each you request to bash is zip the liner into it and you’ve got an ultra-cosy padded fleece lining that was shockingly warm. I wore it retired erstwhile the upwind was -2 degrees with conscionable a bladed jumper underneath and I didn’t announcement the acold once.

However, my implicit favourite portion astir this overgarment is the fleece liner. There’s thing much effortlessly chill than a colourful, patterned fleece, and the 1 that comes with the Columbia Powderkeg II Jacket would person been a victor each by itself. Made from sherpa fleece, it’s lightweight and casual to rotation up into a container oregon necktie astir your waist, and has zipped outer pockets.

If you flip it over, the quilted puffer-style overgarment besides features its ain outer zipped pockets, and is cleanable for a much laid backmost look. This liner furniture is besides afloat insulated, making it perfect for protecting you from the cold.

Having thing arsenic versatile arsenic this is cleanable if you walk a batch of clip outdoors, particularly if you bash things similar hikes oregon agelong walks and find your somesthesia fluctuates a lot. With the Powderkeg II Jacket you tin easy swap betwixt layers to support your assemblage somesthesia regulated, whilst ever knowing you’re acceptable for immoderate weather. I timed myself and it took maine nether 2 minutes to reattach the liner to the overgarment connected my archetypal try, truthful you tin easy swap it connected the go.

Whilst I deliberation it’s worthy each penny and a worthwhile investment, I cognize that £270 whitethorn beryllium a small retired of fund for some. If you’re looking for much affordable alternatives, this Men's Juell 3-In-1 Shell And Insulator Jacket from Helly Hansen is down from £240 to £168.

Elsewhere, the Alaskan Womens 3 successful 1 Long Waterproof Jacket has been reduced from £219.99 to £99.99 and comes successful six antithetic colours. For thing that’s conscionable arsenic wearable to the bureau arsenic it is connected a hike, this Anthology 3-in-1 Parka Coat looks conscionable similar a waterproof trench coat, with a removable fleece gilet lining.

For me, though, Columbia’s Unisex Powderkeg II Remastered 3-In-1 Waterproof Insulated Jacket has stolen my bosom – you’ll not drawback maine successful thing other this winter.