Originally Posted by
foamy
Wow, I don't know, but that sounds like some sort of mistake. Perhaps a quality control problem or something. Ask them to examine the returned jacket to see if everything is correct. With all the accolades that jacket has garnered, I have a hard time believing a design flaw of that nature could go unnoticed.
I ordered 2 of them, L and XL, to see which one fit better. I was going to keep the XL until I noticed the problem so I examined the L and the construction was the same. I spoke to SP about it and they confirmed that the jacket is supposed to be like that. They just figured that most people are wearing it with gloves.