A friend lent these to me for a trip I took through Death Valley. Unfortunately as I was jogging up the trail, a rattler was just behind a rock where I couldn’t see it. It lunged as I came up on it, bit into the gaiter and it’s fangs got stuck. As it was squirming, I pulled out my knife that I always have holstered on my thigh pack. I grabbed it by the tail and cut off it’s head. Crazy experience. So glad I had these!