# Your opinion on this traveler's jacket, please **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 3, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-on-this-travelers-jacket-please/559275 "2010-11-03T00:14:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-on-this-travelers-jacket-please/559275/1 "2010-11-03T00:14:38Z")
I’m thinking of buying the [Scottevest Essential Travel Jacket](http://www.scottevest.com/v3_store/Essential_Jacket_Men.shtml). Reviews seem so-so, and I’m inferring that it’s a good concept (decent-looking but with plenty of pockets) but with a few flaws (quick to wear out around the buttons, magnetic buttons possibly trouble for personal electronics). Sure would be nice to have a good jacket like this, though. Anyone have one? How do you like it? Or, can you recommend an alternative? Thanks in advance, E. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-on-this-travelers-jacket-please/559275/2 "2010-11-03T01:33:37Z")
What exactly is a “travel jacket” as opposed to any other run-of-the-mill jacket? It looks nice to me but seems otherwise generic… ETA: On further inspection (the x-ray view), it does seem to have a bunch of fancy pockets and such. ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-on-this-travelers-jacket-please/559275/3 "2010-11-03T04:50:46Z")
It says “compatible with iPad”, what does that even mean? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-on-this-travelers-jacket-please/559275/4 "2010-11-03T05:18:59Z")
I think it’s a great idea, but when I went to look at the sizing chart, I noticed it stops at 6’2", which is gonna mean it fits me like a jean jacket, which is to say, it won’t even come down to my waist, and the sleeves are going to be 3/4 sleeves on me. Good idea tho. **moejoe** I think that just means the pocket is sized to hold an iPad. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-on-this-travelers-jacket-please/559275/5 "2010-11-03T13:37:57Z")
It doesn’t do that much for me but I don’t claim to know anything about fashion or style. I’m all about practicality and comfort. If I feel I need nineteen different pockets then I’d rather have most of them on the outside like a fisherman’s or photographer’s vest. That’s just me though. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-on-this-travelers-jacket-please/559275/6 "2010-11-03T15:44:27Z")
[This jacket model guy](http://www.scottevest.com/media/img/p_essentialm-sev01.jpg)…is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-on-this-travelers-jacket-please/559275/7 "2010-11-03T15:47:56Z")
Personally I don’t think it’s a great looking jacket, but it might look better in one of the other colors. Having all of those pockets is cool, but when you fill them up you’re going to look awfully lumpy. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-on-this-travelers-jacket-please/559275/8 "2010-11-03T15:56:11Z")
And you’re not going to be able to bend very much with your iPad armor plating there. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-on-this-travelers-jacket-please/559275/9 "2010-11-03T17:52:10Z")
Well, I’m interested in it because of all the pockets on the inside. Jackets I buy never have enough pockets on the inside, and this one has plenty. I guess I don’t really need 19 pockets, but I’d rather have 19 than 1 or 2, which isn’t enough. If I buy it I’ll get black, not tan. I think the jacket model is the president of the company. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-on-this-travelers-jacket-please/559275/10 "2010-11-03T17:53:58Z")
I have to admit, I wish my jacket had a big enough pocket to hold a book. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinion-on-this-travelers-jacket-please/559275/11 "2010-11-03T18:18:29Z")
I have a Scottevest product, and it’s not bad at all- scads of pockets. But after you buy from them, they will spam you endlessly.