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PreCip Eco Jacket
About Marmot’s jackets: Marmot is known for functional technical outerwear at accessible prices — rain shells, insulated jackets, and ski pieces that sit below premium-alpine money. The PreCip rain shell is its single most recognizable style.
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The PreCip is Marmot's long-running rain shell, sold today as the PreCip Eco with a 2.5-layer NanoPro Eco membrane on recycled nylon. Owners and testers like it for the same reasons they have for two decades: it is light, packs small, keeps rain out, and undercuts hard-shell pricing by a wide margin. The caveats are typical of the construction: breathability is middling until the pit zips open, and the light fabric shows wear sooner than heavier shells.
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- Material
- A 2.5-layer NanoPro Eco waterproof-breathable membrane laminated to 100% pre-consumer recycled nylon, backed with a DWR coating.
- Fit
- Reviewers split between calling the cut streamlined and calling it loose; in practice it is a relaxed hiking-shell fit with room for a midlayer, and most owners can take their usual size.
- Quality
- Construction is tidy for the money, but durability is the acknowledged trade-off: multiple testers note the light 2.5-layer fabric shows wear faster than heavier shells and treat it as a several-seasons jacket rather than a decade one.
- Best for
- Hikers, travelers, and commuters who want a light, packable rain shell for genuine wet weather without spending premium-shell money.
- Care
- Machine wash cold on gentle with technical-garment detergent and tumble dry low to revive the water-repellent finish; skip fabric softener.
Fit check: Marmot
True to sizeOwners report Marmot fits true to size overall, with the rain pants and some bottoms running slightly roomy.
On the core jackets, retailer fit data is one-sided: every Zappos sizing respondent for the PreCip rated it true to size, with owners noting room for a light layer underneath and some deliberately going up a size only to fit bulky mid-layers. Sizing-guide roundups agree that Marmot jackets typically run true to size and track other American outdoor brands. The soft spot is bottoms: CleverHiker's PreCip Eco rain pants review says the fit runs slightly big and suggests sizing down, and owner feedback on shorts and sweatpants echoes a somewhat generous cut. Cuts also skew trimmer on athletic-fit styles, so per-item reviews are worth a glance on slim-labeled pieces.
Sizing advice: Order your usual size in jackets and tops (go up one only if you layer heavily); consider sizing down in the rain pants and other roomy bottoms.
Per owner & reviewer reports: Marmot PreCip Jacket Reviews — Zappos · Do Marmot Jackets Run Small Or Big? — FabricFits · Marmot PreCip Eco Rain Pants Review — CleverHiker · Marmot PreCip Eco Rain Jacket Review — CleverHiker
How Marmot jackets hold up overall
Long-term owners describe the down jackets as durable and warm for the price: one outdoor-gear tester had been wearing a Montreaux for five winters without losing feathers, and reviewers rated the Fordham's insulation "above average for its price point" with a "heavy, densely woven, hardwearing exterior shell." Rain-shell owners report a different pattern — waterproofing at the collar and elbows on Precip and Membrain jackets can start failing within about four years, well before the shell fabric itself wears out. At least one buyer of a budget down jacket said the arms felt underfilled and the jacket "feels cheap overall" straight out of the box.
- Strengths
- Reviewers consistently praise the down jackets' warmth-to-price ratio and shell construction, with some testers reporting five-plus winters of solid wear.
- Watch out for
- The recurring complaint is that waterproofing on the rain shells tends to fail at the collar and elbows after a few years of use, and a few budget down jackets have been called underfilled or cheap-feeling on arrival.
- Sizing
- One buyer noted going in that "the reviews say they run a little large," though most sizing feedback found was product-specific rather than line-wide.
About Marmot's jackets line as a whole. Sources: Marmot Fordham Review | Tested & Rated · Marmot Montreaux Review | Tested & Rated · How my Marmot Precip and Membrain waterproof breathable jackets failed · Marmot Men's Burdell 600 Fill Down Jacket (Various Colors) - $64.79 | Slickdeals
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