Pipe & Tobacco Pouch Review

My first tobacco pouch was small. It held my work pipe and a few pinches of tobacco, as well as my lighter and a pipe tool. It was leather, and seemed to be of good quality. After a month or two, though, the plastic lining in the tool pocket tore away from the pouch's top seam. This doesn't so much make the pouch useless, but it does expose the back side of the tobacco pouch (which feels like latex) to the lighter and tools, and it's only a matter of time until that rips, too.

So, long story short, I bought a new pipe/tobacco pouch. This one was somewhat larger, and could hold two pipes. It was cheap ($10) and was made of vinyl instead of leather (I'm somewhat of a snob -- I like leather), but I bought it anyway. I've been using it ever since it came. It's nice and convenient to carry two pipes, and the tobacco pouch is nice and big. However ...

The tobacco area doesn't keep the tobacco moist, and as I mentioned in a previous post, it tends to dry out pretty quickly. I'm noticing that tobacco flakes end up in the pipe storage area somehow, and since I don't generally carry my pipes pre-packed, it must be coming out of the tobacco pouch.

So I'm not real pleased with it. I guess you get what you pay for, right? Anyone who's curious, the pouch I'm talking about is this one. Looks like it's time to put down good money for a better pouch.