I spent two weeks in Europe and these pants were perfect. Very light weight, not sloppy looking and dressy enough for most casual occasions. The secure pocket was great for holding my passport and cash. I cut the dongle off the zipper though which basically made the pocket invisible. I also liked the accented stitching which added a little style. Highly recommended.

REI has stopped making the Slickrock pant, and so I picked up a pair of these Columbia pants to see how they will work. So far, they're great. They feel bombproof. I commute by bicycle to work (and lots of places) and I think these pants will stand up to the abuses of that (I wore a hole in the crotch of blue jeans that way). They're thicker, and I roll my pant legs up for riding, but they roll ok. The "security pocket" is a neat idea, although it's sort of advertised by having the tied pull on the zipper (removing that would of course render the security pocket secure).

Unfortunately all the pictures of these pants show only the left side... The right side is the business side. There is also a pocket that perfectly holds a cell-phone about midway down the thigh. I won't buy pants without that pocket.

These are soooo soft; great pants. Today (Monday) I am giving them their initial test run for use as my standard Favorite Pants Wednesday pants.

If you're wondering if you should, or shouldn't... Trust me, you should.