the material on my anomie is so dope. i got a few scrapes on my legs from edges, but none of them continue to rip. i even took a tree branch to the shoulder, luckily the stuff is like kevlar or i would have been impaled.
also yes they are a small company so they need to make as much as they can to stick around and keep their necks out against huge companies with endless budgets and alot of room for less profit.