Great versatile jacket! I've used this lightweight jacket with a light-wt polartec jac underneath it for all my car travels to stores, restaurants even in frigid conditions. Once indoor, you can leave the polartec on if you're chilly. I have a light stowable rainhat of similar material that I leave in the roomy pocket to substitute for a hood when there is unpredictable rain or snow. It fits well, not too much hip coverage for real cold days. It's probably not for extended time outdoors in very cold weather. It's surprisingly warm, as you add and take off additions, underlayer, lt hat, scarf, gloves.