Gosh I almost missed a discussion of one of my favorite subjects.
I'll try and catch up.
Bombers: Love em. I keep thinking my old one's will blow out but they never have. The edge trim is long gone, but that center cordura part is holding well. Never had any issues with the velcro. I just don't take them off so mud never gets a chance to enter the closure surfaces.
GGG: I bought a pair secondhand. They seemed ok once i figured out the closures, but I liked the speed of my bombers so I gave them to my SWMBO. She liked them but had lots of trouble getting them on. The problem was manipulating those buckles thru the D rings. Very difficult for small handed people. Add some cold weather and it becomes almost impossible.
She went and bought some of those from Howie and loves them so far. I do to, because I no longer have to help put on the knee pads before every trip. I have since gotten the Ebay Long Bombers and those are now my favorites. If they ever wear out, I'll be trying some Dirty Daves next.