After my first washing of this vest all the insulation piled up inside and made it useless. So I would highly recommend not to get this if there is any chance of it needing to be washed in the future.

There is no use trying to contact CAT either about your clothing problems. Just take it back to whoever sold it to you and let them deal with it.

If it wasn't for that one problem I would say that yes it is a great vest for work.