I inherited a Columbia sportswear jacket from my dad. It’s part of the Interchange line, with an inner fleece liner that can be zipped out and worn separately (with its own outer pockets ), worn with the outer shell (liner’s pockets are now inaccessible ), or the outer shell can be worn alone (with the shell’s inner pockets now accessible ). Three jackets in one, they say.
Yeah, well, I’ve been to their website and can’t figure out:
There is a tab that folds over and snaps to itself inside of each of the shell’s sleeves, about 3" from the end. What do these do? There is nothing on the liner that can be snapped to (which would help locate the liner inside of the shell’s sleeves). I’m going nuts trying to figure this out. :mad: More importantly, how do you locate the liner’s sleeves inside the shell? There does not appear to be a way to do this. It’s insanely annoying, because the outer shell keeps riding up and letting the inner liner stick way out. :mad: Worse, whenever you take the jacket (shell with liner) off, the liner’s sleeves always wanna pull out of the shell, turning inside out. :mad: How could they not think of this? It was kinda pricey, so for that kinda dough…
The interchange jacket i have has the snap closure thing on the shell, it is like a piece of nylon with one button about 1/2 way, then another button (of the opposite type) at the end, it folds back over itself, snaps together, and creates a loop.
you thread that piece of nylon through sewn-in loops/tabs on the lining/fleece and then snap it back on itself. there should be one for each sleeve, and then something similar on the collar
Hmmmmmm. I’ve got the collar doodad (although it’s a velcro thing, not a snap), but not anything like you’ve described on the fleece liner.
What really burns me up is trying to find info on all of this at Columbia’s site. Where’s the enlarged version of the jacket with arrows conveniently pointing out all of the bells and whistles? For that matter, why are the jackets named something on the website, but nowhere to be found on the actual jacket? If it were, I could go to that specific jacket and read up on the features. Going by the latest pictures at the site won’t cut it: the jacket is old enough that none of the jackets pictured matches exactly.
(most) clothing manufacturers live and die by changing models and styles year in and year out. there’s no need for them to keep an archive of clothes that they have offered in the past.
really, is simple and shouldn’t require a user manual - mine didn’t come with any instructions :rolleyes:. look around the end of the sleeves on your fleece liner, near the cuff. there’s going to be a fabric strip that is attached at both ends, open through the middle, that you could pass something through. if it’s not there, it’s likely the liner isn’t an interchange liner (does the fleece say interchange on the tag?) and the previous owner didn’t give you the proper piece.
I have a couple of Columbia jackets like this and mine have a loop sewn into the liner on the seam between the cuff and the sleeve. That is what snaps onto the snap thing in the shell. Maybe they were cut off, or it could be the wrong liner.
I think it is quite likely that the jacket and the liner are not “matching” ie you have an Interchange shell but not an Interchange fleece.
This can happen for any number of reasons, but the usual scenario is the fleece getting lost or damaged when worn on its own, then then the owner grabs any ol’ Columbia fleece to replace it.
Mine (a “Steep Slope” parka) has a little thing in the shell sleeves that you pass through a loop on the liner cuffs and snap back to itself. (just like everyone else has said)
The only other attachment is that the liner zippers fit into a second set of concealed zippers inside the shell, holding it in place, while allowing the shell to still zip on its normal zippers.
My question is- can you just buy Interchange components a-la-carte? I wouldn’t mind having a fleece liner as well as the insulated one it came with, or be able to get a raincoat or something and use my insulated liner.
Cross my heart and hope to die, there are no gimcracks or geegaws at the ready for the fold-over snap to hook to, and there is no indication on either of the liner’s sleeves that there ever was. Furthermore, both the shell and the liner have neck tags indicating that they are Columbia Sportswear core interchange components. So there.
), worn with the outer shell (liner’s pockets are now inaccessible 
), or the outer shell can be worn alone (with the shell’s inner pockets now accessible 
There is nothing on the liner that can be snapped to (which would help locate the liner inside of the shell’s sleeves). I’m going nuts trying to figure this out. :mad: More importantly, how do you locate the liner’s sleeves inside the shell?