Best All Around Lighter Weight Jacket
I purchased one of these last year and got so many compliments. This one is a bit different and they have made some great improvements! The fact that the material is more solid around the arms and wear and tear places makes it that much better. This is the best lighter weight warm jacket that there is! A must try for those that like to be outdoors!

I love this jacket!
This Mountain Hardwear Monkey Woman Lite Jacket is great. It is soft, generously cut and stretches beautifully. It fits "loosely" without being loose. By that, I mean it fits true-to-size. It is a close cut, but because of the stretch panels, it doesn't bind at all. I have complete range of motion through the arms and shoulders.The hood provides an excellent field of vision while keeping me warm. The long sleeves, with thumb holes, are soft and create fingerless gloves in a pinch, but they can be pushed up without losing circulation in your arms and hands if you want them out of the way. A winner!

so soft
I bought the Monkey Lite after owning the original Monkey jacket for years. It's made of fleece soooooo soft that everyone who saw the jacket wanted to touch it and not let go :-) It's extremely warm, yet it's got power stretch side panels that makes it perfect under a ski jacket. The lower portion of the arms are also made of non-bulky power stretch fleece, makes it easy to layer. Mountain Hardwear really paid a lot of attention in designing this jacket. The only thing I would change is to make the jacket 2 inches longer, like the original Monkey. If you go to MH's website, it actually tells you the center back lengths of their tops, very useful when it comes to ordering. Highly recommend this jacket.

Great Buy
I bought this for my wife and she loves it. Spring in upstate NY can be very chilly and this jacket is doing the trick. It has become like her second skin as she wears it outside and inside the house to keep warm. Another great product by Mountain Hardware.

Great jacket, somewhat short sleeves
I was looking for a jacket that I could wear under a shell for bike commuting and skiing, and this jacket is perfect for both. It also looks great on its own. I bought the black/pink one, and the furry fleece is simply awesome. So comfortable and gets lots of compliments. The hood is a nice touch and fits perfectly under a bike or ski helmet. The wrist gaiters were a major reason I bought this jacket, and once I was sized properly, they've been a great feature as well. I originally bought this jacket in a small (I'm 5'6", 35-inch chest, 135 lbs, thin to athletic build), and while it was snug and sexy in the torso, the sleeves weren't quite long enough if I wanted to wear the gaiters (they pulled at my thumbs and were pretty uncomfortable). Also, the hood on the small fit but was stretched tight at the back of my neck. I exchanged it for a medium, and while it doesn't fit quite as closely in the chest/waist, the hood and sleeves fit perfectly (there's a half inch difference between the small and medium sleeve length, according to the Mountain Hardware website). I would actually recommend visiting Mountain Hardware's site to get the measurements (I couldn't find them on Altrec) and going off of those. If I hadn't been concerned about the gaiters, I probably would have stuck with the small. But, for me, I'm happy I made the size up, and of course, the return policy at Altrec is super easy and awesome. In terms of warmth, it was GREAT under a ski jacket with just a tank top underneath for a day of skiing in the 30s, and good under a light shell for biking in the 30s-40s. I think it'll make a great spring jacket, but I wouldn't buy it as your main winter coat because it's really not that windproof on its own at all.