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Low quality with a high price
"I loved these bibs at first, but they did not hold up. They were not worth the money. The bibs lost their waterproofing within 8 months of light use, and the zipper started to fall apart shortly after that. One of my friends also bought these bibs, and hers lost water proofing in ~3 months of more consistent use. I estimate that I used mine about 15-20 times across the 8 months - mixed between dinghy and keel boat sailing, and at first they seemed great. Then on a rainy sailing day, they completely soaked through the seat in about 1 hour. I reached out to customer support, and their answer was that waterproofing isn't expected to last forever, that I hadn't taken care of the gear properly, and that I needed to DWR the pants. It was shocked that they seemed to have no issues with a pair of $400 bibs losing waterproofing in less than a year. I also do take good care of my gear (always washing it off after use in salt water, etc), and I've owned various brands of spray pants, none of which ever lost waterproofing this fast. Then a few months later, I noticed that a zipper tooth had cracked and fallen off, and after a few more uses, multiple teeth have now fallen off. The zipper now opens up and completely unzips when I move around the boat, making the bibs effectively unusable, and it's a fight to get the zipper back down to re-zip them. I've thought about getting the zipper replaced because the bibs were expensive, but given that I have to to re-DWR the bibs every few months to maintain any waterproofing, sinking more money into these already expensive pants just doesn't seem worth it. In the mean time, I've gone back to my 7 year old Helly Hanson bibs that have a patched rip in the seat and cost half the price, and they are working just as well as the 1. 5 year old Mustang bibs. Overall, my experience with Mustang has been frustrating and disappointing, and I do not plan to buy Mustang gear again."