tigger
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Post by tigger on Dec 31, 2016 11:05:13 GMT -8
Yes....the orange ones.
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reuben
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Post by reuben on Dec 31, 2016 11:23:15 GMT -8
It's hard to take advice on pants from a guy who doesn't wear any.
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texasbb
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Post by texasbb on Dec 31, 2016 12:34:22 GMT -8
I just don't get all the hating on convertibles' appearance. I probably wouldn't wear them to a wedding, but beyond that, who cares?
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Post by tigger on Dec 31, 2016 12:44:46 GMT -8
It's hard to take advice on pants from a guy who doesn't wear any. I'm wearing my convertible pants. They are designed with an ultralight mode and a heavyweight mode. The zipper is at the top. |
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Post by reuben on Dec 31, 2016 12:45:02 GMT -8
I just don't get all the hating on convertibles' appearance. I probably wouldn't wear them to a wedding, but beyond that, who cares? Maybe I'm just old and incorrigible, but I agree with this. |
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crawford
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Post by crawford on Dec 31, 2016 13:34:31 GMT -8
Columbia has some decent ones. Cabelas did as well, don't know who made them for Cabelas though. They dry quick and had nice pockets.
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Post by hikerjer on Dec 31, 2016 13:36:10 GMT -8
I really like by Eddie Bauer Convertibles and use them for all occasions - bicycle touring, hiking and occasionally around town. Like has been said, I'd probably not wear them in a formal situation with a sports coat or suit jacket, but they are pretty darn versatile for almost everything else.
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Post by liv4mtns on Dec 31, 2016 13:55:08 GMT -8
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jazzmom
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Post by jazzmom on Dec 31, 2016 16:43:06 GMT -8
JMO but I don't think it's the zipper that makes them look like hiker wear but the colors (tan, olive green), the elastic waist with built-in webbing belt, and baggy with cargo pockets. Avoid those. I'd look at brands like Kuhl, Prana, maybe Columbia, North Face, and look for pants with a real waist, slim legs, in dark gray or black if you can.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2016 16:51:26 GMT -8
It's hard to take advice on pants from a guy who doesn't wear any. I'm wearing my convertible pants. They are designed with an ultralight mode and a heavyweight mode. The zipper is at the top. I hope tigger is not wearing them convertable pants with the access slot in the back.  |
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Post by Westy on Dec 31, 2016 16:57:56 GMT -8
My convertibles are now used exclusively for interior painting and exterior fence staining. Not being the most mechanically inclined, my experience when attempting to rejoin the lower with the upper resulted in a vocabulary digression to my best Boston street language. Been wearing long pants ever since.
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Post by rebeccad on Dec 31, 2016 18:08:12 GMT -8
Not being the most mechanically inclined, my experience when attempting to rejoin the lower with the upper resulted in a vocabulary digression to my best Boston street language. LOL! Mine have little labels on the zipper to say which leg goes where. But as I've said before, I almost never zip off the legs, and in fact would be happy to have non-convertible hiking pants. I just haven't found any that fit (and are cheap enough for this cheapskate). I do sometimes zip them off when doing laundry on the trail, to rinse mud from the lower parts without getting the slower-drying parts all wet, somewhat as Ben suggests. |
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Post by rustyshackleford on Jan 1, 2017 5:49:18 GMT -8
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Post by toejam on Jan 1, 2017 8:29:05 GMT -8
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Post by Lamebeaver on Jan 1, 2017 16:48:46 GMT -8
On my TNF pants, one leg has a red zipper, and the other leg is blue.
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