I also love the AGC bino system. I have the large which fits my Leica 15x56 Geovids. I use the back pocket for my license and tag, the front for a small headlamp, the left for a bottle of wind check powder, and the right for a small pocket knife. This allows me to drop my pack at any point on a stalk, and I have my tag and license to keep me legal, wind powder to keep the wind right, a knife if I get lucky for field dressing chores, and a light if it gets dark on me. All I need is to figure out how to fit my GPS on it. That way I could mark where I drop my pack and be able to navigate back to it and find it in the dark if need be. Nothing worse than it getting pitch black out with cold and weather and not being able to find your pack on the mountain. I have been using it for about 3 years and it is very durable though it is starting to tear at one of the seams. At $60, even if I have to buy a new one every 3 or 4 years it is not going to break the bank. I don't really like the hard buckle as it can produce some noise if contacted. I thought a magnetic catch would be an improvement, but from the other posts on this site, maybe that is not the answer. On the other hand, it is nice to be able to buckle it shut for safe and secure transport of your binos. I also like the system for crawling as your optics are protected. With the original bino systems, you were dragging your binos through the brush and dirt unprotected. You do have to be careful how far you bend over though, if you bend over far enough without the lid being buckled, your binos could easily slide out and over a cliff and meet an early demise. For a mountain goat hunt in Utah, I tethered my binocs to the AGC pouch so if they did slide out, they would be caught by the tether.
