70% of young adults cant sew on a button!!

[NorthernRaider]

Velcro is the enemy of preppers, its to bloody noisy, as a squaddie i could soon track down cammed up new squaddies on exercise at night cos of the constant ripping noises as they opened pockets, pouches, cuffs etc. Canadian slotted buttons is the only tactical option for the night. However velcro is fine for normal EDC life as you can actually train third year university students to use velcro without their mums help.