Winter coat

I have just bought a long padded coat from Mointain Warehouse.
I like it, but I can’t get to grips with the zip.
It’s one of those double zips.
I’m fumbling around with it and I just can’t do it up.
Can anyone please tell me the purpose of having a double zips?
Also, which one do you zip up first.
Neither option seems to work for me.
If I can’t get to grips with it, I shall have to return it.

I have several down type coats, a jacket and a gilet from Uniqlo, all a few years old but still looking good. My “best” coat which I hardly ever wear, came from Jaeger long before they went bust and Marks took them over. I doubt I’ll be buying any more

I bought a navy "parka" type coat from M&S last year, properly waterproof and warm. The fabric is synthetic and reasonably thick, with a quilted lining. They don't do exactly the same one now but this is similar
www.marksandspencer.com/stormwear-technical-longline-parka/p/clp60761204?color=MIDNIGHTNAVY#intid=pid_pg1pip47g4r1c1%7Cprodflag_srp_ts_QP_36
I've given up on traditional woollen coats now since I had a moth infestation in my old house which destroyed the lovely Max Mara coats which I though would see me out!

Just bought a beauty from M&S half price in their sale, bright red and two buttons, knee length, will last a while I think .
I like the dare2be brand as a good warm duvet type of coat for walking.

I find winter pretty damn depressing so I like a coat that cheers me up. I've got a terrific red one but this year I bought a mad coat that seems entirely made of cream-coloured fluff, from M&S (seemed to be advertised pretty widely and I'd seen it featured in the Times). I think it was £190 or so. I look like a yeti in it but I love it and lots of people have been complimentary about it. Only trouble is, it sheds like a tomcat in a heatwave so a bit of a nuisance if I'm wearing black underneath it.

Pls.
Does anyone on here have a problem with double zips on coats?
Just wondering.

@greciangirl , pull both zip pulls down to the very bottom. Insert other part into both zip pulls so that it’s into to top pull then down into bottom pull . Pull the top pull up as far as you want it . The purpose of the bottom pull is that you can undo the bottom of the zip so that you have freer movement through your legs to sit down without feeling trapped, eg for getting in and out of the car etc . I hope this makes sense .

Last year I bought a beautifully warm yet lightweight duvet coat from Landsend - I was delighted to be able to get a petite size in it. They usually have many different styles on the website.

Thank you, Thisismyname1953.

I shall,go and practice.

Greciangirl I really like double zips, it means you can take larger steps, bend down or sit in comfort. Just takes a bit of practice.

My smart winter coat is a boiled wool one. Lightweight but warm. Not waterproof of course.

My much loved 35 year old Barbour has been hijacked by DGD1 on the grounds that is is cool and fits her better than me.

My 2 padded water-proof coats , came from Tesco and my posh red woollen one from TKMaxx - can’t think of the name - it’s upstairs and I can’t be bothered to tread upstairs . All, a good few years old.

As I used a mobility scooter to get around, keeping warm is important. On these we are just 'sitting', no walking movement to keep us warm
When I retired from my work in 2011, (just before my 70th birthday), I was given a fifty pounds M&S voucher by some work colleagues. In 2012 I went to the new M&S store in Stratford East London, on my way back one day from the Olympics (I was a Gamesmaker), and, in their sale, saw a lovely, warm, washable black coat for that amount of money.
Remember saying at the time that it going to be last coat I ever purchase. It is very warm, only use it when weather gets really cold each year.
Into washing machine at end of winter and hung away until needed again.
Just got this out again. It looks exactly the same as it did when I purchased it, and works just as well. So grateful that I did buy it, and it brings back so many happy memories for me.

I have a lovely long black Regatta one that does not look like a sports coat and looks very smart. It has a fur lined hood and is completely waterproof. I also bought it half price in their sale last year.

Lands End. Fantastic. Light , warm and machine washable. Inexpensive. so you can have a new one each year.

Greciangirl

Pls.
Does anyone on here have a problem with double zips on coats?
Just wondering.

Double zips are a boon- I have a long quilted coat from Regatta and if I forget to undo the bottom zip I feel ‘trussed up’ in it when I sit in the car.
I also undo it when bending down to pick up after the dog 😄

That should say ‘bottom zip fastener’.

I bought a new Berghaus raincoat as the one I had was starting to look very shabby and I can’t seem to engage the bottom zip at all so I rely on the Velcro. I don’t know if there’s just a knack to it.