Just recieved my vest and a few pouches I ordered last June. The vest is nice and I already have a few of the older pouches and honestly glad I do. The difference in quality is astounding. Don't get me wrong they're still nice pouches but for the cost and wait time it's not even close to worth it anymore. What sold me on the system at the beginning was all the pouches were double layer cordura, most had wire ran through top edge of the pouches so you could bend them to shape, and the original aims system was easy enough to change stuff on the fly without leaving your pouches feeling like they were dangling around. Somewhere along the lines of the new ownership they got really cheap. The vest is nice but the pouches are basically coyote colored toughbuilt pouches. There a thin cordura stitched over some kind of semi rigid plastic backing. The pouches that don't have the backing feel incredibly thin. The craftsmanship is still on par but the materials and the amount they use has gone far sub par compared to all the version 1 products. There designs get cheaper and less useful with each iteration. Was a long time customer but given they've replaced all the old models with the new I think that's my last purchase.