The Covert fleece pills pretty quickly. After a few months, the fabric looks worse than clothing I’ve had for years. I mainly wear the fleece around town, so not like I’m scraping the fabric while climbing or something. Washing the fleece serums to increase thus deterioration in both color and pilling. I took the fleece to my local Arc’Teryx store, and while they acknowledged the fabric problems, their suggestion was that I buy some sort of razor utensil to cut off the pilling fabric. Not a solution that works for me, especially at this price point.
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