Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

When we received the vests (ordered a large and a medium), i was a bit disappointed, they looked really thick and heavy, I was worried it would actually end up making them more hot, rather than cool them. That ended up not being the case at all! I soaked them in water and wrung them out and our 2 Cavalier King Charles spaniels had no problem keeping up with us during hikes in Moab, UT in almost 90 degree weather. After a few hours they became dry and all I did was rewet them with bottled water we had with us anyway. Every now and then I would check how warm/cool it was under the coat by putting my hand between fur and coat and was surprised how cool it felt, even when it was almost dry! One word of caution: one time I accidentally dropped the soaking wet coat into a pile of red sand before getting it on my dog. That was not fun. Needless to say, neither the coat nor the dogs were to blame, I am just a klutz...after that I put them on indoors, just to be safe. Sizewize, the medium fit my 19 pound Cavalier perfectly, the large was a bit large for the larger, 29 pound Cavalier, but was not a problem. Both dogs realized fast how the coats would help them stay cool and had no problem standing still for me to put them on, but that will of course be different from dog to dog. Without these, especially the larger (and older) of my boys would not have been able to go on hikes with us, and I am very happy with our purchase!