I wore this jacket for 60 days last season and noticed no such design flaw. This jacket is perfect.

I had the same issue with this jacket. I went out to a tailoring shop and bought some velcro to stick onto the jacket to prevent any further damage. aside from that and not having some more piratical wrist gaiters (or at least ones that I'm more accustomed to) those are my only complaints. The jacket is warm, super breathable and super, super, super waterproof.