Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Way overpriced due to poor durability. When I lifted the vest up to put it on for the first time, with it having only the pre-installed 10lbs of weight loaded in it, I could hear tiny popping sounds where pieces of the stitching were breaking inside the edge stitching on back of the neck-area of the vest. Unnacceptable! The manufacturer knows there is a durability issue with their product and their lame solution is to have the customer expend time and energy to return the vest for another poor-durability vest replacement. Hey, Hyperwear, before you post a reply to this post like you have other reveiwers who have noted the poor quality of this vest's durability.... realize that us going through the hastle of sending back and replacing with another poor-durability vest is not a solution! It is an absolute UNSAT situation to spend almost $200 for a weight vest that begins to fall apart right out of the box. I won't waste my money buying the overpriced weight-booster pack now because I don't expect the vest to last long enough based on my own experience and also the many other reviewers having durability problems (5lbs extra weight for $39 is also highway robbery). I will just chalk it up to "buyer beware" and do my own stitching to keep this vest from falling apart. It is such a shame because the vest is great except for this critical flaw of poor durability/quality.... making it's high purchase cost laughable.