Steve -

I can't speak to either vest, and I don't have any experience with Cloudveil.

But as to Fishpond, I have one of their chestpacks. It has somewhere around 425-450 days use in the past three and a half years, and looks practically new. Nothing frayed, nothing obviously worn, and the zippers all work just fine.

In other words, that particular product from Fishpond has been bulletproof. My guess is that it is typical of their product line.

John