EDC pants / trousers

[Timelord]

I have had regatta utility/cargo trousers in the past and after wearing them hard for work, I found the stitching did not hold and the zips would sometimes give up. I have not seen any regatta stuff that is made out of heavy weight materials like Heavy cordura yet.. The B&Q own brand stuff did ok but still not long lasting enough without repairs. I know others who buy the dICKIES ITEMS AND THEY ALL SAY THEY ARE GOOD. i HAD A PAIR OF "sNICKERS" TROUSERS MANY YEARS AGO AND THEY WERE BOMB PROOF, THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THE PRICE.(excuse caps) I was looking at some French brand workwear trousers yesterday in the store called "The Range". The material & construction quality was v.good, but I realised in time that there were no cargo pockets except some slanted small useless things and the normal hip pockets were very shallow and anything put in there was likely to come out again. I was surprised that simple design issues like this were evident and it points to a long far eastern factory supply line in my estimation. Mostly good design but simple major flaws that let it down.[/i]