Marmot Women’s Guides Down 2.0 Hoody Review

Marmot Women’s Guides Down 2.0 Hoody Review by Erin Trail The Marmot Women’s Guides Down 2.0 Hoody is a do-it-all winter puffy coat that uses innovative Ceiba flower insulation. Features 100% Post-Consumer Recycled Polyester, Ripstop, 58g/sqm 700-fill Ceiba down blend: 80% recycled down, 20% Ceiba flower down C0 Durable Water Repellent (DWR) treatment repels water…

Erin Trail

January 13, 2026

5–7 minutes

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Marmot Women’s Guides Down 2.0 Hoody

Review by Erin Trail

The Marmot Women’s Guides Down 2.0 Hoody is a do-it-all winter puffy coat that uses innovative Ceiba flower insulation.

Features

100% Post-Consumer Recycled Polyester, Ripstop, 58g/sqm
700-fill Ceiba down blend: 80% recycled down, 20% Ceiba flower down
C0 Durable Water Repellent (DWR) treatment repels water from face fabric

Two zippered hand pockets
Zippered chest pocket with external access
Adjustable fixed hood
Adjustable drawcord hem
Elastic-bound cuffs

Detailed Review

The Marmot Women’s Guides Down 2.0 Hoody is a bigger feeling puffy coat, thanks to generous fill and large horizontal baffles. I am a size medium on the Marmot size guide and found that this jacket fits true to size. The sleeves hit me just right and the elastic cuff is enough to keep drafts out but big enough to allow me to tuck my glove cuffs under the sleeve. The hem is perfect, providing plenty of coverage and warmth. I also think the hood fits well, thanks to an elastic drawcord, and stays in place while moving around.

The overall fit and vibe of the Marmot Women’s Guides Down 2.0 Hoody is a relaxed fit with a slightly oversized feel, thanks to the generous baffles. The jacket doesn’t feel tight or restrictive, I had plenty of room for layers and sleeve options underneath the jacket. My movement was free and my arms and shoulders didn’t feel restricted. With this relaxed fit, I think the jacket could also be a good mid layer jacket under a ski shell, for those who need a little extra warmth on bitter cold days.

The use of Ceiba flower is interesting, offering a sustainable insulation option. This insulation is derived from the seeds of the Ceiba flower and is lightweight, breathable, and naturally water resistant. Ceiba (20%), combined with 80% recycled down make for a warm insulating fill for the Marmot Women’s Guides Down 2.0 Hoody.

During my testing of the Marmot Women’s Guides Down 2.0 Hoody, I’ve worn it at a cold mountain expo, on several cold (25 degree) walks, and out running errands or going out to dinner or the gym.

I would consider the Marmot Women’s Guides Down 2.0 Hoody to be a medium warmth puffy jacket. It is warm, but I also noticed a small amount of wind coming through the jacket during my testing. It wasn’t a lot of wind, but it was definitely detectable (I was wearing a thin wool base layer and comparison tested this jacket against other puffy jackets in windy conditions on the same afternoon). It wasn’t enough wind bleed through at 25 degrees to make me cold, but I would hesitate to wear the jacket on a sub-zero day with wind. Because of this, I would put this jacket in the 20 – 35 degree range for comfort and warmth.

The silhouette of the Marmot Women’s Guides Down 2.0 Hoody is firmly in the puffy coat category. The horizontal baffles are 4.5 to 5 inches tall, giving more room for the 700 fill down to “puff” out. The down/Ceiba insulation did a good job of staying nicely distributed during my testing.

I did not experience any precipitation during my testing of the Marmot Women’s Guides Down 2.0 Hoody. I did test the repellency of the C0 DWR coating (aka pouring water on the jacket) and found that the water did pool and bead off of the ripstop fabric.

The other features of the Marmot Women’s Guides Down 2.0 Hoody are great. The handwarmer pockets are placed for a natural hand entry and feel comfortable. I love the external chest pocket – it’s sized plenty big for your phone, and with the zipper being external, you don’t have to unzip your jacket to get into that pocket.

The adjustable hood is also well designed. I tightened it down on a super windy day and it didn’t budge but still felt comfortable. The elastic cinch cord is on the interior of the jacket. The cord doesn’t have the standard cord lock; instead it uses a little rubber slider that has enough friction to it that it securely holds the hood elastic in place.

My other small quibble is that I have noticed that the down feathers have a tendency to poke through the polyester ripstop shell and escape to freedom in the outside world. I have experienced this with cheaper jackets and would expect more from a puffy at this price point.

Closing Thoughts

The Marmot Women’s Guides Down 2.0 Hoody is a solid winter puffy jacket option that uses innovative, sustainable materials. the Guides Down line includes vest, jacket, and hoody formats for both men and women. The Marmot Women’s Guides Down 2.0 Hoody is available in seven colorways in in sizes ranging from XS to XL.

Erin Trail

Trail Boss of Stoke

Erin Trail’s hobby is collecting hobbies. She’s a 5th Generation Coloradan and grew up exploring the outdoors on family camping trips and hikes. Her first backpacking trip was at eight years old to Grizzly Reservoir – she proudly carried all of her own gear those 3 miles from the main parking lot to the Reservoir.

Erin is an adult-onset athlete who started as a Masters Swimmer and then developed into a triathlete. She has completed 5 Ironman races and nearly 20 x 70.3 distance Ironman races, including the World Championship in Lahti, Finland, in 2023. In 2025, she raced for Team USA in Pontevedra, Spain for the World Triathlon Cross Tri World Championship. She placed 9th in her age group and was the 1st American woman in her age group.

Erin Trail on her mountain bike at the World Tri Cross Triathlon World Championship race

Erin Trail on her running at the World Tri Cross Triathlon World Championship race

Somewhere along her triathlon journey, she picked up deep love of cycling. Cycling encouraged her to see landscapes in a new way, learn new skills and to develop self reliance; now she often goes and does Type 2 rides just to see if she can do it. She’s got all the bikes: gravel, mountain, fat bike, time trial and road.

She is even known to combine her love of camping and cycling and go off on solo 24 hour overnight bikepacking trips in the mountains of Colorado. In addition to bikes, she teaches yoga, lifts weights, skis, SUPs and has recently purchased a campervan.

Erin is a former Montana park ranger with a degree in environmental engineering. She loves getting into technical details while putting her gear (and herself) through the paces. She shares her home in Colorado with her husband, Will, and her 3 cats (Zipper, Brewtus, and Simcoe).

Fall and winter 2025 will bring Erin to the “Adventure Side”, with many camping, vanlife, bikepacking, and mountain bike rides. Once the snow flies, she can be find resort skiing, fat biking, and triathlon training (inside and outside).

2026 will bring a National Championship Cross Tri race, a National Championship Road Sprint and Olympic Distance race, and hopefully a chance to represent Team USA once again in 2027 in Edmonton, Canada. She’ll also save lots of room for adventure time with her friends and husband.

When not adventuring, she can be found on a sunny patio somewhere, drinking beers with her husband.

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