Aaron Feuer
Cenozoic Dinosaur
I am currently using Big Pockets equatorial vest and I absolutely love it. It's lightweight, keeps you cool and has a total of 12 pockets. What vests do you guys use?
I am currently using Big Pockets equatorial vest and I absolutely love it. It's lightweight, keeps you cool and has a total of 12 pockets. What vests do you guys use?
Agreed, an excellent product which I've used for years and which, in addition to the virtues you mention, wears like iron. In recent years in fact I've started wearing one all the time, birding or not, and now own 3 so I always have a clean one on-hand for "social" occasions.
Got the Big Pockets about 10 months ago - love it, although I think it makes me look 10 years older than I actually am (but the birds don't care!).
I have an Americanino vest, mostly a fashion item than a real field vest. I put my gear in my monosling or backpack.
But I use a Dark Skies Apparel's Hooded Observing Vest for astronomy every time and this proved very useful. It has open big pockets. It could be used outside astronomy, the hood would be of no use though (unless it gets used to cut off the sun hitting the eyepieces from the side, something I might try). It is aslo quite warm for our summer period here. 42mm binoculars and the Collins guide fit easily in
That Big Pockets looks well thought and an item of quality. I might order it.
I'm interested to know if anyone who uses the Big Pockets vest (either one) also wears a binocular harness over it. How does that work?
Thanks! I've looked at the suspender type binoc harness online, but wonder if, attached to lightweight pants, it might create a wedgie effect.