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Old 09-07-2007, 08:30 PM   #7 (permalink)
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i'm really curious, just how bad is the old weight release system, assuming that is why the big price difference..... anyone use the older Avid?
The instructors I spoke to saw people losing weight pouches quite a bit. Sometimes that's a huge problem, sometimes it isn't. I'd rather not take the chance... would you?

Plain velcro is not a good way to hold lead in a pocket, at least not without some other means of reinforcing the hold.
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