Begun the great debate about cargo pants vs jeans has

[Crusader8207]

20 years ago we wore suits to work, 10 years ago chino style pants became acceptable with a sport jacket. Today jeans with sport jackets have become the uniform du jour of 90% of the people I work with/ interact with at work. I really like the 5.11 defender jeans. Pretty much wear them every day. They have also become my go to when I am training on the range. Pockets are pretty generous. They also have two additional pockets on the hip that can fit an AR magazine. 5.11 sells them for about $75 a pair however I have found them online for as little as $35.

[Clusterfrack]

For full-on cargo pants, my favorite are Helikon-Tex UTP, a Polish brand. They are stretchy, but still have a cotton feel. Super durable, and excellent build quality. The pocketry is very well thought out--they even have AIWB mag pouches built in.




The OTP version is a soft-shell pant that I like for rainy conditions. It's pretty much all I wore on a recent early-Fall trip to Iceland.

And they have shorts that are outstanding.

The price is comparable to 5.11.

[Casual Friday]

Cargo pants are the Member's Only jacket of pants.

If cargo pants were a hairstyle, they would be a comb over.

If cargo pants were footwear, they would be white New Balances with velcro straps.

If cargo pants were a type of headwear, they would be a visor.

[orionz06]

Cargo pants are the Member's Only jacket of pants.

If cargo pants were a hairstyle, they would be a comb over.

If cargo pants were footwear, they would be white New Balances with velcro straps.

If cargo pants were a type of headwear, they would be a visor.

[vcdgrips]

Jacket and tie guy at work.

80% Prana/First Ascent/Eddie Bauer slim "stretchy" hiking pants after 5. Some have a cargo pocket, some not. All fit slim.

20% Jeans. All of them are 95-98% cotton 2-5% stretchy from Old Navy/Gap/Banana Republic/Uniqlo and most recently, Baldwin- a kc based US sewn company.


Re Uniqlo-Think Japanese Gap. I have had excellent luck with their jeans, lightweight down vests/hooded jackets and dress shirts in terms of fit.
Their quality, particularly on their jeans and down goods well exceeds the value to cost ratio.

[LockedBreech]

Formal dress 5 days a week (not surprising, im a lawyer)

Weekends are jeans. I wear relaxed fit or regular fit Lucky. They aren't remotely tactical but they are comfy, look really nice with my casual clothes, and girls like them.

[eb07]

Good stuff.

That's all I wear these days.

winter 24X7 wranglers and boots.

When I have to dress up I wear dickies work khakis and vans

summer is shorts and flipflops 24X7 unless at work then it's the above

I have dress shoes and clothing for funerals and weddings

not a fan of cargo pants but will wear cargo shorts on occasion.

[Medusa]

Nice try, evil Clusterfrack.

Redundant

[frozentundra]

I've recently come to enjoy Walmart Wranglers with the flex-waist.

I have problems with GERD (chronic acid reflux), so it's not in my best interest to wear a belt that's any tighter than absolutely necessary. The less abdominal pressure the better. And for reference, I usually wear 33" or 34" waist.

I have found that the flex waist in these pants helps by keeping some amount of tension on the gun at all times, but it also gives when I bend and move. Since I don't need the belt to pull the gun into my body or keep my pants from falling down, I can leave the belt looser.

SouthNarc made a video a while back about how more form-fitting pants, combined with a belt that is actually flexible along the horizontal axis, will help to achieve true concealment better than just cranking down a super-extra stiff belt while carrying IWB. I find these pants to be a useful compromise along these lines while generating relatively minimal abdominal pressure.

[theJanitor]

Jeans 99.9% of the time. Have been since a kid.

Probably the most important component of my ability to AIWB a pistol (and one with a light) is American Eagle's, flex fabric. You can size the pants so they fit right, without looking like a slob.