Firstly, these pants are the single greatest item of clothing I've ever purchased. I bought them for a two week trip to Peru as the only pants I'd be bringing (except pajamas). I couldn't have been more thrilled with the stellar performance and versatility. I've continued to wear them camping, working, errands...they just don't quit. Worth every penny.

That said, I look pretty horrible wearing them. They're always about 2 inches too short when worn as pants, or if I let them sit lower waisted to be long enough, the crotch is halfway to my knees, and I can't get at the pockets very easily. looks wierd, too.

Even if I have them comfortable on my waist, the drawstring hits me at a strange too low place, and if I'm sitting for a while ( on the plane, in the tour bus, around the campfire, the string feels like it's severing my Lower abdomen in half. And they STILL be falling down everywhere all the time. I'm constantly hiking them back up to sit at my waist properly.

If I could get these pants with a standard zipper/button, with a size 22 waist and a 34 inch inseam, I would probably live in these pants until my deathbed.

According to my order history, I've been buying these for eight years, a little at a time, whenever there's a good sale. They make up the majority of my everyday wardrobe now. Don't be fooled into thinking they're just travel clothing. These are the daily wear pants we want when we consider buying from the men's section just to get real pockets for a change.

I can shove a water bottle into the larger cargo pocket of these and it just disappears. I can shove two water bottles in there and then you can tell there's something in my pocket. I can shove my smaller Kindle into those pockets. Never mind just freeing yourself of carrying a purse; these are like replacing your pants with a bag of holding.

If you have ADHD, you need these -- whenever my hands are holding something and decide they should be holding something else without notifying me of the change, the first item no longer gets put down somewhere random I'll never see it again. It just disappears into a pocket. Yes, checking eleven pockets when I'm looking for that item later takes a minute, but not as long as retracing my steps to check every surface, cabinet, and drawer I've walked past. I can't even start to count up how much of my life I've reclaimed not wandering from room to room looking for something after forgetting what it is I'm even looking for.

It's a weird use case, I know, but it's not one I've seen mentioned. If you have any neurodivergence that causes you to be inattentive, or to be so hyperfocused…

I went with the sizing based on Reviews (sizing up because it is not a stretchy fabric). I also chose Medium because of the sizing chart (waist sizing not hip sizing). Putting on for the first time, there was a bit of an initial disappointment because it fit a lot looser than I expected, but I was able to use the drawstring and flip over the waist band to make it work. The extra give became beneficial in that I could add bulkier items in the pockets (sunglasses case, smartphone in waterproof case, passport) without the contents making the pants feel tighter or worried that my items would be warped each time I sat down. I would be interested in trying the Small. Overall, I travelled Italy with these pants for less than three weeks. It felt comfortable on days ranging from morning 17 degrees C to afternoon 32 degrees C. I used them touring cities or wandering on seaside trails. I used both taxis and public transport and always felt that my belonging were secure. I liked having the comfortable large pockets over the hidden pockets, so I could keep monitoring my passport and cellphone without drawing any attention to my actions while standing in a train or waiting for a train. I like having the additional external pockets to place items such as ear pod cases and event tickets/passes and lip balm. I liked the number of pockets in varying sizes at the front where I could see them, versus worrying if I had anything that could be pick-pocketed at the back, or crushing…