Direct Action Gear Vanguard Combat Trousers

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Excellent product and highly recommended!

cool color pants

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Comfortable to wear even if you have to do some somersaults. It seems like they will last a long time even though they are cheap. Edit after 9 months of use: Now I have been using them for a long time and with the Direct Action knee pads I bought elsewhere, they are really good value for money.

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Very durable and with enough pockets of the right kind.

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Comfortable, technical pants. Good adjustment options

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Other similar pants, now in a larger size and in black, so they can be used as general and work pants. The previous ones lasted well and I was able to sell them even when used, but they were only used for hiking. Now that they are being used much more, the durability will really be tested. But I think the pants are very good in terms of price-quality ratio. Enough pockets and they are comfortable to wear. Double fabric, double seams in many places, although there could be more. Good-looking. Tactical, but in black not too tactical, but works great for work and leisure use.

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It has served me well 👍

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Very functional and lightweight combat pants. Plenty of stretch areas and I haven't had to worry about the pants coming undone in any different situations. The placement of the pockets is functional, the thigh pocket flap can be attached to the inside of the pocket and the pocket becomes a handy open "dump" pocket. There are no back pockets, so that's a minus for those who want them. The Direct Action knee pads that come with the product are a really functional addition and are low-profile and haven't been noticed while walking/running. When you have had to take your knee to the ground, they protect really well despite their thinness.

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Good fit, fabric feels high quality, lots of pockets, enough length in the legs (long model).

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Excellent hiking pants with slightly awkward "tactical" leg pockets. :D Direct Action has succeeded in placing the stretch sections significantly better than many traditional manufacturers, and there were no problems with mobility, even in the pants that were too small when I first tried them. The pants also breathe reasonably well through the softshell parts, although I still miss the possibility of zippered ventilation. The sizing is a bit strange, the S size, which according to the label in the bag should be 30 inches from the waist, which is just right for me, was far too tight, but the M size is then significantly larger, especially at the hips. Well, I guess you can fit more underneath in winter. The velcro fastening at the waist is good because you can adjust the tightness of the pants without a belt. The Nyco ripstop DWR treatment repels water surprisingly well, the water repellency is on a completely different level than, for example, Fjellun's wax-treated clothes. The Cordura patches on the knees, especially with the manufacturer's neoprene inserts, work well both as a protection against hard surfaces and as a waterproofing, when you have to have your knees in the peat for some reason while working as a guide and wet knees on your pants are annoying. The thigh pockets are surprisingly small, the phone can't fit in the zipper pocket and the so-called dump pocket can only fit one thicker glove and using the pockets feels a bit awkward anyway despite the stretchy part of the pocket side. You can't just dump anything in them. Minus one star because in my own pants the knee reinforcements always twist to the side with or without inserts if I don't tighten them in place with stickers, and I assume this is due to the quality of the fabric because this only started after the first wash and use when the tensions in the fabric started to release. Good quality fabric doesn't behave like this. I also wonder why so much has been saved on double stitching. In any case, the price-quality ratio seems excellent, despite the awkward "tactical" hand pockets and minor defects. You can easily pay many times more for pants from better-known brands that perform much worse.