That was my complaint Ridge. LOL And yes I know you can wear it under neath Blood, but in doing so you can't use all the neat little pockets that are great. Besides not being able to use them, you paid extra bucks to have them in the first place. If you aren't going to use them you might as well wear one of the strap type harnesses. Make sure you get the prusics rope for it. It's the only way to go. I also bought the linemans belt attachment which works.... but no where near as good as a real linemans belt.