I have long avoided metal buckles on vests like a Boyt strap vest I got rid of. I can’t say I have experienced problems from buttons on my old style Filson vest or the plastic buckle on my Filson padded strap vest.

I have had problems a few times from belt buckles, for a decade or more I have used “buckle-less” belts from Duluth trading and some from other before that, Orvis I think.

Michael Dittamo
Topeka, KS