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Bob,
Another excellent review, well worth a Brownie Point. A few edits, mostly suggestions, below, in the standard EDIT/Edit/Comment format. After revising you may upload to http://tinyurl.com/m67gzsl
Cheers, Richard
### Conditions varied anywhere from extreme cold and snow to warm and rainy, from on-trail rambles to vigorous off-trail scrambling. ###
EDIT: Please give approximate high and low temperatures. This may bear on the ventilation issue I raise in my general Edit below.
###Removing them is a cinch: ###
Comment: More like an un-cinch, I'd say. Was the pun intended?
### Although a front zipper might provide a more secure attachment, it's also harder to operate, and subject to malfunction if used carelessly (easy to do with cold hands in harsh weather!). ###
EDIT: As written you're projecting, as these gaiters don't have a zipper. Add something to indicate that your comment is based on use of other gaiters that do have a zipper.
###One of my best pieces of winter gear, ###
Edit: "Best" could mean any number of things – favorite, most used, most durable, most reliable, most functional, etc. Consider a more specific adjective.
General Edit/Comment: Consider adding a sentence or two about whether or not the gaiters trap heat, making your feet and lower legs too warm. That is a common complaint about gaiters and something your readers might like to know.