Vulture Equipment Works DSLR Strap, A2, "The Little Bastard"

Ive been using this strap for the last couple days so thought i'd write a review.First, I have a heavy Canon DSLR and my heaviest lens is the 70-200m 2.8 L. I do a lot of different types of photography, from studio to adventure outdoors. Having complete trust in my equipment is a top priority to me, as is comfort, form and function.Ive been using the standard Canon strap and havent been happy with it for a couple reasons. I like carrying my camera with the strap over my left shoulder and the camera under my right arm kinda sitting on my right hip.I usually dont like it in the standard position of wrapping it only around my neck which seems to lead to more neck strain and also causes the camera to bounce on my stomach and chest with each step while walking, especially with bigger lenses. If the camera strap is long enough i can transition easily between the different strap positions. The standard neck straps dont allow enough length adjustment to do this easily. "The Little Bastard" has a lot of length adjustability, so thats one of the reasons why i chose it and its working perfectly at that. Adjusting is easy, can fit around a big winter jacket if need be. I am able to leave the camera in my desired position on my right hip and quickly and easily transition the camera to at the ready and snap some pictures, then put it back on my hip. Taking the camera off and on is super quick and easy too.The neck strap fabric of the canon strap left a lot to be desired. It uncomfortably cuts into my skin and also doesnt breathe well, not reacting well to sweat and just generally feels uncomfortable and annoying. I was worried that the Vultures strap wasnt going to be comfortable either because it doesnt have any padding. Its made out of some heavy duty webbing, almost like a seatbelt. But softer. Its nice and wide and just seems to fit my neck area perfectly, not biting or cutting, and perfectly spreads the weight around.I had previously been looking at Black Rapid products and think they are probably at the top of the short list of good camera straps. I just couldnt get over the way it connects to the bottom of the camera. For one, I use a tripod a lot. Having to switch between strap and tripod sounds like a pain. More importantly, there are enough cases of having the camera disconnect from the tripod screw and having cameras fall to the ground. I just couldnt take the plunge with the black rapid system knowing i would constantly be worrying about screw tightness and having my camera fall. I trust the canon strap more. I also was thinking about a Magpul MS3 strap and making it work but I would have to connect it to the camera with split rings or triangles, which seemed like a really weak link.I was just about to make my own camera strap out of climbing webbing when I came upon this strap on a youtube series called AdventureOverlands. They were using the version with the Quick Detach. I checked it out on the Vulture Equipment Works and really liked the companies philosophy and design. The design is really similar to the one I had mind, just a lot better. Its made of some serious materials; Milspec, parachute and climbing gear. I rock climb and trust my body and life to this type of equipment every day, so I should probably trust my camera with it too. I decided against the quick detach version because honestly I cant think of any situations where I really want to detach from my camera and cant just use one of the carabiners or my knife to do it. I also believe in the K.I.S.S (keep it simple stupid) philosophy in life, and the QD is just one more part to possibly fail(however unlikely.)A couple more things. I really like the carabiners. It allows for a couple different carrying options. It also allows me to disconnect the neck portion of the strap if im just using my tripod in the studio and gets the strap out of the way. The carabiners also allow me to easily attach the camera to my backpack (mountainsmith borealis) shoulder straps and hike around while having my camera at the ready to take pictures. Really, the carabiners open up a huge amount of mounting and securing possibilites that otherwise would be annoying, difficult, or impossible. You can easily find different styles and colors of carabiners if the ones that come with it arent to your liking. They are shiny silver Mad Rock non locking gate style just FYI.Not my favorite company. I'll probably switch them out for Omegas , BD's or Petzyls. Also, I kinda wish they were rubber coated so they wouldnt clang together or possibly hit into the screen on the camera and do damage, but I think it will be fine. I can always plastidip them i guess.Overall, I like this product. Seems super tough and overbuilt. Looks good too. It takes a good product for me to trust dangling thousands of dollars worth of camera and I think they succeeded here.And last and very important... Handmade in the USA! Im pretty sure the Mad Rock carabiners arent made in the USA, but I can live with that.