Sooo.. Highland Sports in PA has some of the jackets on sale right now.. not a lot off, but they're much closer to me than the West Coast outlets, they ship for free and seem to have a good policy.

Since you seem to own them all, what are your thoughts about the Waterfowl vs the Packer? I tend to favor shorter jackets for the commute (since it involves driving and the subway as well as walking, I'm afraid I'd be fighting with the length of a tin Packer), and the Packer looks like it would be pretty conspicuous around here (maybe not in, say, Wyoming...).

On the other hand, the Waterfowl looks to be pretty short in a real rain... the coverage would be welcome at times, but do you find yourself fighting the Packer when not in the open?

I wish SOMEONE had pictures of these things actually being worn. It's hard to judge much about fit and coverage just looking at the jacket itself.