Arc'teryx quality for sure

By ErkMD Ranked #90 - Men's Rain Pants April 8, 2009

I cannot believe I haven't reviewed these sooner! I bought these from BC about a year ago. They have fantastic construction from the sealemd seams, to the measurement and sizing. I am 5'8 150 athletic build, waist 32 and the M was perfect. In fact Arc'teryx desgined these pants to be big enough in your normal size that accomadates for putting these over another layer. So I recommend sticking with whatever normal size you wear. Performance wise I used these in a tropical storm with high winds heavy-sideways rain and was dry as a bone. I also used these in about 8 inches of snow as my outer layer because I lost my insulated ski pants, but with some base layering, these pants were amazing, again dry as a bone, I sat in the snow and rolled around too, I was impressed. Lastly, if you're not convinced yet, I used these to cross a river in the Shenandoah Park, granted it was about 2-3 feet deep (thigh high), but I put these on and made sure my boots were ready too and headed across, again bone dry, I felt the cold of the fall water through them but no water made it through anywhere. Overall, buy on sale if you can I did about $130, but they are worth every penny, a must have in your outdoor arsenal!

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