This is a very good point, and I think Domke should seriously rethink the design of their bags Re. Valcro which must be costing them sales against their competitors, I had to cut off most of the Valcro in my recently Olive drab F5XC and devise a way to silence what's left, I particularly bought the bag for inconspicuous street shooting but when I opened the flap that people from ten yards around looked my way making stealth impossible because it was so loud.