The vest is not heavy at all... Wasn't a big fan of these vest until we actually put one to the test this hunting season. I love P&P gear just the way everything is stitched and put together not sure how many plys my p&p catch vest was but it was heavy and stout. But I had my dog get hot in it especially in the summer time when we run the milo fields, and well it also got a clean pass threw on the side where his ribs are, luckly he just got a skin cut lost a little cofidence in that vest after that. I also tried the devastator from ugly dog it was very light weight worked great my dog could move in it like he didn't have anything on caught a lot of boars with it but nothing rank then one day we got on a bad one and that vest just look a chainsaw had at it
at the same time my good friend ran this hardcore vest on his catchdog an it never got a pass on it that's why I chose to use it just bought this one and I love it I'll keep y'all posted