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Post by cuzimthedad on Jan 2, 2017 10:00:58 GMT -8
in dark gray or black if you can. Any particular reason you like the darker colors?
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Post by jazzmom on Jan 2, 2017 10:45:34 GMT -8
in dark gray or black if you can. Any particular reason you like the darker colors? It's not so much that I like the darker colors but that the khaki and olive green colors are quintessential "hiking pants" colors. I just think the darker colors hide the hiking pants features better, like numerous pockets, extra seams like articulated knees, extra zippers, etc. My go-to hiking pants that double as everyday pants are black. Not my favorite on the trail because they look dirty 5 seconds into the hike, but they work well when traveling.
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Post by tigger on Jan 2, 2017 13:01:24 GMT -8
Just a heads up - There have been multiple studies that I have read. Mosquitoes are attracted to Black most, followed by red and/or blue as the color most attracted to. Khaki and white are basically neutral and ignored by mosquitoes.
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Post by cweston on Jan 2, 2017 15:18:34 GMT -8
FWIW, I don't use convertibles much anymore on most of my BPing trips. I find that I am almost always happier in shorts on summer trips, even in the high country. I just wear my rain pants in camp when it starts to get cold in the evening. Convertibles are more useful to me in the fall. (On the trail, I am happier in shorts down to 45 or so, as long as it's not raining. I add gaiters if I need protection from snow or to protect my legs while bushwhacking.)
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Post by ErnieW on Jan 10, 2017 10:04:41 GMT -8
Wear them as just shorts most of the time so I have several pair that the legs are darker than the pants. I am the type that doesn't care about looking like a hiker. My wife has issues about this though.
Convertibles offer versatile temp control for me. Shorts in warm. Legs on if I need them. If need a little cooler I open the zippers about a quarter of the way to vent legs. With rain pants shorts for coolest but the legs on pretty toasty when needed. At times I start with the legs on, build up heat on an ascent and roll them and leave them like donuts on my boots ready to put back on above treeline/summit. Probably looks very geeky but again doesn't bother me.
I have mostly White Sierras now.
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Post by reuben on Jan 11, 2017 7:05:44 GMT -8
Bees are attracted to white, so be careful with that as well in certain situations.
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