The cargo pockets are not very secure. They may be ok for food and lightweight items, but a camera or cell phone will fall out without you realizing and you will be pissed like me and lose all your sweet photos and all your friend's phone numbers!

The Mesa pants have velcro closure side pockets that are worthless. The Matterhorn pants have a zip pocket which is better. I wore these Mesa pants and on my first hike with them I lost my camera out of one pocket and my cell phone out of the other. Pay the extra money for the zipper pockets because it will save you money by not losing your valuable gear. I have read here about others who have had a similar experience.

I just bought this tent a week ago. It is smaller than I expected. It says 38 sq. ft. floor space, but I would say usable floor space is about 30 sq. ft. at best. The floor curls up on the sides about 4 inches each and about 3 inches on the ends and it is a tight pitched tent so that space cannot be pressed to the ground and actually used for anything. By my measurements the seam to seam floor is 88" x 62" but the usable on the ground measurements are 82" x 54" and that is being generous. That gives real floor space of about 30 sq. ft. I am 5'9" 140# and I think this tent is perfect luxury for two of me (REI actually lists this as a two person tent). Considering the loft of a sleeping bag, I think anyone taller than six foot would wish they had a longer tent. I bought it to be a spacious 2 person tent for myself and my girlfriend and I think it will fit that use beautifully, however, wouldn't you know it, my first expected use turns out is likely me and two guys and I'm not sure I can really use it for that. It has thoughtful features and quality construction and a blind monkey could set it up in 5 min. I think I will be happy with this tent because my intended use was as a spacious 2 person tent, but if I truly was after a 3 person tent I likely would return it to the store. As far as performance, I'm confident it will be superb.