Over the years I have probably owned and worn out 4 or 5 Travel Vests of varying manufacture. The one is at the bottom. I bought this after a trip to India wore out my last one. This vest was taken on one long trip to Peru and included a 10 day stint in the Amazon. After that it was only worn occasionally around town and now a short trip to the Delaware Bay. Right now two of the pockets are tearing out at the seams. Several of the small (seemingly useless?) pockets sealed by Velcro cannot even be opened as the Velcro has become so tight that it would take ripping the fabric. One of the front pockets has both a top opening and then a diagonal zipper along the front? I have no idea why.

Anyway the bottom line is that this vest is lousy quality and I'm putting it out for the 'Alley People.' I'll buy another Columbia or Travel Smith, both of which have been good products in the past.