Rab Microlight Jacket - a jacket that fits!

I have been wanting to get a light technical puffy jacket for a while but haven't made up my mind what brand and size to get.  I didn't want to just randomly pick one and order it over the internet for fear that it does not fit well.  I have been looking at the Arcteryx, Mountain Hardwear and Rab jackets.  Mountain Hardwear is the standard in the light puffy jacket segment with their Ghost Whisperer jacket.  I went back to Sail a few times to try it on, but I just really don't like the sizing.The sizing is what I call the fat body short arm syndrome.  Many shirts have the same problem I find.  In an effort to not have to offer many sizes of shirts, the industry standard sizing usually means that for me (175lbs, 6'2" tall, wide shoulders), in a medium size, the chest size seems to fit OK, but the arms are way too short.  When I put on a large, the arms (sometimes) tend to be long enough, but the chest is way too large and baggy.   This, of course depends on the brand that you are trying on.  I find certain companies offer sizing that's more compatible with my body type.

The Mountain Hardwear Ghost Whisperer falls into the type that does not fit me well.  You would think that, for an outdoor company, the fit would be a little more tailored to the athletic, lean body type, rather than the cheeseburger eating couch potato and take your dog for a walk type of body with a potbelly...  but it's more suited to the latter type I find.

So, doing a quite exhaustive search on the internet for a jacket that is more fitted and has long enough arms for someone my size, some recommended Rab jackets.  I checked some out at a local shop and the large fitted well, although the selection was quite limited and they only had a Twilight color jacket in stock (navy blue).  I purchased one online from a surf shop in the UK instead.  The British pound's value has tanked recently, making it worthwhile to buy stuff from there.

I ordered a beluga color(dark grey) jacket .  The fit of the size large Rab Microlight jacket?  It's amazing.  I recommend it to those who have trouble finding a proper fitting jacket that are lean.

The function?  It's so comfortable, like a duvet surrounding you, and so light for the warmth.  It's no wonder these types of jackets are so popular these days.  I notice there aren't many fleeces out there now, and these jackets are much more popular, although they are quite a bit more expensive than the fleece.  The fill is 750fill power hydrophobic down, so it offers some protection when it is raining out.  The fabric is Pertex that supposedly has a tight enough weave to prevent feathers from poking through, and it is also has a DWR coating, again to help shed some light rain.  It even came with a stuffsack in one of the pockets, although I would just prefer to turn the jacket inside out and stuff it in the one chest pocket or one of the hand warming pockets instead.  It works great doing this, although they should have a zipper pull on the other size for this to work a little better, as the zipper pull is on the opposite side when turned inside out.  Bonus:  If you stuff it into one of the handwarmer pockets, it makes a great pillow too.