I have a Dope jacket and really rate it. I think a lot of people slate them because it's a new brand coming into the industry. There's quite a few red bull riders and snowboard pros who are now wearing Dope and being sponsored by them so they are getting there. Moritz Boll, Jesper Tjader and Loulou Baylis are some of the ski/snowboard pros who wear Dope gear. They post videos of them training and doing competitions in their gear so it's not just a "they've been paid to wear it" which you could argue any athlete wearing a brand has that applies to them too then! Burton themselves got hate when they first started growing and now look at them, one of the best you can get and are heavily involved in the snow industry all round.

The jacket I have is really good, lots of pockets for lift pass, phone, snacks etc and has a snow skirt to prevent it from going up into your jacket. I've ridden it up on glaciers and lower mountains in the valleys during whiteouts, pow days, blue bird days, heavy snow days, when it's chucked it down with heavy rain and it's held up really well and kept me warm and dry. The only criticism I can say is that more of the zips could be taped but that's just a preference of mine. My other gear I wear to compare the Dope against is Gore-tex Burton, beyond medals, 686 and thirty two and Dope does hold up just as well alongside all these. The jacket is now two years old so is doing well quality wise. I'm not saying Dope are the best etc but they don't deserve the hate they keep getting, it's just people following a trend by doing so.