To be honest aloha, I had a different mental picture of an EDC vest when you described this - much like what my brother wears almost every day, with pockets down the front and a cloth back - what we once referred to as a photographer's vest. I understand all the benefits of weight distribution etc, but this vest would automatically make me go alert if you walked up to a TSA barrier, or into a bank. It is not out of place if you are hiking, but anywhere that's trained for security screening I think the design would quickly prompt a checklist of questions that must be cleared before they could feel safe again.

Visually the Ribz resembles a body harness design used by human bombs to pack explosives.

There, I've said it, and I hope you take it the right way, I feel guilty for raining on your honest review. It looks like a good product, but I think it was good that you took it off and had it screened with your carryon. Could you assess how the design was received - by flight attendants, by fellow passengers, by others as you walked through the terminal with this on? (Allowing of course for the reality distortion field that is Vegas).