USWE - CA

Great pack.

Good Shipping. Excellent customer service

Order and delivery were rapid and easy, got pack in two days. I ordered the Pace 8L vest. Overall I think it's a decent vest that hugs the body pretty well and mostly doesn't move as advertised. Negatives would be as you drink water from the chest bottles the pack gets loose requiring you to tighten the pack. In order to do that you have to reach into the front pockets and grab the ends of the elastics, hard if there is stuff in the pocket. If bottles are placed in the pockets in such a way as to not flop about the mouth pieces are too low to reach without moving the bottle and the straws will fall out of the loop on the shoulder strap. A solution would be longer straws. I'm using a 1.5 litre camelback water bladder that is a little too tall to be supported by the internal hanger, never the less the bladder does not move. Getting a full bladder in and out of the pack is fussy, a slightly larger opening would be beneficial. I've used vests from Ultimate Direction, Gregory, Camelback to name a few. I run trail and road 50 - 70km a week all year round including winter where temps drop to -35C. The vest is treated to not stink and seems to work though I do rinse my vest every other run or if it gets too sweaty. Overall a good vest that stays put with no fuss when used with a bladder.

I really like it but it fits a bit crooked on my back.

Love the unique front buckle! Lots of pockets but pocket are little to deep, stuff are hard to reach. Would be nice to have a magnet or something to hold bladder tube and a better hook to hold the bladder in place