Every brand out there tells its customers and prospective customers that it's the best thing since sliced bread. We've always been happy to sit back and let the legion of satisfied users who chose Cactus product sing our praises - so while normally quite modest about what we do, here's some reasons why we believe purchasing a Cactus product is a wise choice:

We've been doing this for close to twenty years but, despite this pedigree, we're still a young company run by people who spend most of their spare time in the outdoors in various different pursuits. We have an innate understanding of what works, and more importantly what doesn't, and that understanding is shown in our products - high quality items that have been handcrafted in New Zealand to include all the features that are important, nothing superfluous and, above all, that are more durable than anything out there in the marketplace.

Our 'Ethic Construction' principles are something we've been working on ever since we started the company. It is our pattern language for making things strong, simple and appropriate to the task.

Our aim is to design and build durable, useful products. We do this by utilising quality fabrics and components, and design sensiblities gained in over a decade of experience of their properties.

• Internally bound seams for water resistance, added strength, and reduced wear on the seams
• Reinforcing at high wear areas
• High density webbing reduces buckle slippage
• Fabrics selected for specific uses
• YKK zips - still the best
• Nylon duraflex buckles - light, strong, and durable
• 1000 denier external edge binding - for strength and abrasion resistance
• Quality woven labels
• Reinforced eyelet construction to help stop eyelet failure
• Double layer bases and reinforcing at the bottom of the harness