Fjallraven

Keb Fleece Hooded Jacket - Men's

Overall, great fit and function! However...

I have the Keb fleece hoodie in both Deep Forest and Black. A very warm and comfortable fleece. The Deep Forest has been bomb-proof - three years of general wear, hiking, moose hunting, etc. Looks great as a casual piece, too. The Black hoodie, however, at just over a year old, has let me down in the cuffing around the end of the sleeves on multiple occasions. I've had to repair the cuff on each sleeve a couple of times. For a hoodie at this price point, I hoped for a little more consistency regarding durability. If you get lucky, you're gonna have a great long-term piece of kit. If you're unlucky, well, you pay a fairly high price for a piece that's still mostly great, but you may have to repair on occasion.

Very nice mid layer

Great mid layer- wool makes it warmer than just fleece, but thanks to fleece it is soft and comfortable. I like that outside of hoodie is not like traditional fleece that is fluffy and always gets rolled in balls. Instead Keb Fleece hoodie looks smooth and is fleece and soft on the inside. This is my 3rd Keb Fleece hoodie since year 2019. Fjallraven have changed model design now 3 times and I am glad to see that it keeps evolving into better and better product. So what is new in this one compared to older models? - Cuffs now are from same material as hoodie. Previous stretchy material got worn out quite fast and lost its screechiness. With this model there is nothing that would wear out or stretch. So big improvement in longterm. - Two way zipper is comfortable when sitting down- hoodie is quite long and it bunches up in waist area, but if zipper is open then it is quite comfortable. I read from other comments that sizing has been difficult- same here. I used to have previous two models size L, but after checking with sizing table I can see that now at 2025 I should choose M size. Accordingly I bought size M and it fits well on my tall 189 cm slim frame. Note that if compared to previous model this new M size is 2 cm longer at waist than previous L size! I assume that this is from where complaints about big bulge on waist area comes from- if one would take size that previously fitted well then now it would be too big, so word of caution- use sizing table! Since this is my 3rd hoodie I can say that these are quite qualitative products and wear good. I needed 6 years to stretch and get wear signs on my 2019 hoodie. 2nd one is still looking good and I only bought this 3rd to replace first one.

Bring back the old fit

i have 3 of the originals that fit great and I always wear. Won’t be buying the new relaxed fit until thet change that

Love this jacket!

Familiarity:

I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions

Size Bought:

Large

Height:

5' 9"

Weight:

170

I absolutely love this style, fit, and quality of the Fjallraven Keb Fleece! It doesn't feel like you standard fleece jacket with the wool and elastane materials blended in it, it actually feels more premium and durable. Great for adding on top of an underlayer/shirt and stylish enough to go outside with. Highly recommend it and worth your money! It's more fitted than not, I tried a medium and it was like wet suite on me. Unless you're already trim, I suggest a larger size (large fit me perfectly). Don't hesitate!

There once was a time I was cold.

Aside from the vida pro trousers I think this is a perfect investment for winter hikes and bushcraft. I wore this on a winter hike in the cold wet north woods and it kept me warm and was highly functional. I wore it paired with a merino wool long sleeve and it worked like a charm. My only complaint is that they don’t have other colors in the size of mine. I would purchase more. If you see other reviews on this talking about the improved fit. I’m a larger guy, 6’4, 250lbs aside from hiking, eating is another favorite hobby of mine and this fleece fits me perfectly and is form fitting well. There once was a time I was cold. Not anymore though.

Couldn’t be any more perfect!

I bought this from our local store December of last year. I’ve worn it every week since then. Fits great, very comfortable, just the right temp as I get hot easily. Very well made like most of Fjall Raven products. Looking to purchase another color.

Old Goood. New bad.

New fit stinks. Old version was rockstar baselayer or outerlayer for slender athletic types. Old one was great for anything from ice climbing to duck shooting. Didn't get in the way of sporting tools!

New Fit Is NOT Necessarily Improved!

I have three of these hoodies in the previous version, and they fit perfectly. In fact, they’re what got me hooked on Fjallraven as a brand. For those of us with a fit, slender build, the “old“ Keb fleece was one of the few options available that actually had a slim, close-to-body silhouette - the ideal, warm, stretchy, wool-blend mid-layer to wear over a tee or active base layer. I can’t help but feel a little covert when I slip one on. Why Fjallraven had to “fix” something that wasn’t broken - when there are already dozens of options for other body types - is a huge disappointment IMO. Having just received one of the new versions in my usual size small, it now has a more “relaxed” potato-sack-y fit similar to so many other fleece products out there. It’s at least 2 inches longer, so even on my 6 ft. (182 cm) frame, the hem hits near bottom-of-crotch. I can’t imagine this fitting someone under 5’-9” (175 cm). The sleeves are now “poofier” and the chest is wider/looser - which I suppose is fine if you have a lumberjack build to fill it out - but again, there are plenty of other fleece jackets made for that body type. I found a couple of the “old” versions still available online and snagged them while I could, so I can have several to rotate for many more years to come. Those are a 5.0 in my book; the new one is maybe a 2.5 (I rounded down.) Bummer.

Love the improved fit

I bought this fleece 2 winters ago and I loved it but it was too tight around the arms and chest. I pretty much had to use it as a base layer as even a shirt made it uncomfortably tight. I'm a large in everything, XL is too big. I saw online "improved fit" so I stopped in at a store in Cambridge, MA and tried it on and was super happy about the fit. It's now a mid-layer like it's supposed to be. I'm very happy as I had to give my other one away to my nephew.

High Quality Garment!

I bought two of these. The first was green and was purchased in 2021. The second was black and was purchased in 2023. Both will be in my wardrobe for many years to come! This being said, after a half year of owning the black version I have noticed that the wear is considerably higher, even with greater care taken on this garment. I’m still satisfied but wonder if perhaps the blend changed over the last two years?