Cardinal watcher looking for a good vest (1 Viewer)

I 'm from a small Town called Sandusky in Ohio, where I love to hike and enjoy nature. My wife Cheryl and I have an odd fascination with Cardinal's and love to photograph them on our hikes. It's starting to warm up a bit here, and were thinking about taking a short hike in the next week, but we have been trying to reduce our loads when we hike, and We have both been looking for either a cheap light weight bag, or a good vest with lot's of pockets. I have researched a little of both, but I am leaning a little bit more twoards a vest just because We go on smaller hikes more frequently and I think a bag would be a little much. I have seen some vest models fairly cheap from a website, and I liked the model, I was just wondering if anyone had any experience any of the photography vest that humvee makes? If So could you let me know if you liked it? Thanks for the help guys!! I hope everyone has a nice day!

Hi devonfletcher,

Welcome to the forum! Sorry that you haven't gotten any takers on your question. This subforum gets some pretty diverse questions. I notice that there's a thread at this link on vests. Or you may want to try re-posting your question on the clothing subforum.

It really can be a problem getting loaded down carrying too much when you hike - hope you find a good solution.

I’ve used the Big Pockets vest (http://www.bigpockets.com/catalog/apparel/vest-equatorial.html) for a number of years now. It’s more expensive than the humvee vest but it’s very comfortable & light-weight & wears like iron & I can heartily recommend it.

Second Fugl's experience with that vest. Big double side pockets allow for hefty bird guides and associated notetaking paraphernalia on one side, while optics and stuff go into the other. Worked very well in Panama and was comfy despite the heat.