>>1118316I might be able to offer some insight...i have a carhart and a $1000 meme jacket among others
$1000 meme jacket
-lots of pockets
-insulated with high quality down
-uses a 3 layer goretex which provides for good life for the goretex
-because of gore tex it has a good warranty
-brand also has great warranty and provides the arguably the best customer service
-very comfortable and silky interior
-zippers for ventilation such as pit zips
-rubber waist material to really grip your waist and keep snow out (aka powder skirt)
-nice fitting silky comfortable insulated hood
-good fit
$120 carhartt extreme weather jacket
-stiff very very stiff this jacket takes a extrememly long time to break into its like wearing a piece of cardboard literally just read online carhartt reviews
-insulation is just a bunch on nylon twine all twisted together....not necessarily a bad thing its cheap and tough and works
-weird fit made for short fat guys very boxy
-fuck this jacket is super stiff even after washing
-hood feels like a metal helmet
-very warm jacket
-has a thick ass 1000 denier cordura outer shell this thing is the strongest jacket ive ever seen
-is water repellant thanks to thick ass shell
-much tougher than thousand dollar meme jacket
if was caught in a snow storm id be happy with either both are great...given a choice the meme jacket just feels and fits so much better and is more water proof due to goretex also the carhartt jacket is fucking stiff