i had zippers added to the pockets of an LL Bean zip up hooded jacket and found that worked just fine for a lot less $$$$..i use it on canoe trips and the zip pockets keep the Bic and Swiss army knife handy..
Check out Cabela's ,they have a Polartec 300 polar weight ECWCS fleece that is about $80.00. It has nylon shoulder and elbow areas,2 side zip pockets and two inside pockets,adjustable cuffs and is warm as can be.
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You might look for one that's reversible. What I've found that's good for all four seasons is a shell with a zip in, reversible liner. It's a nylon(?) shell with a fleece & some other material liner. The liner reverses to put the fleece inside or outside & has four pockets. Combined the system has a total of six pockets. The other material works as a good windbreaker with the fleece on the inside. Zipped into the shell makes it a warm winter jacket. It's even warmer wearing them layered like they were zipped together but as two separate layers. The shell alone is a good rain/cool spring jacket.
Thanks for the good ideas. I also checked out campmor.com and they also had a large selection. I am going to check into having my zippers repaired on my current jacket. (that sounds like the cheapest rout).
It is amazing adding a few pockets with zippers and zip pits = 4X the price of jackets without....
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