Looks great, fabric sucks

By Erin Ranked #408 - Women's Hiking Pants July 15, 2010

I'm 5'3", 107lb, 35" booty, i got a size 2 short and was pleased with the fit. They are very well designed--i'm a sucker for gussets. They sit 1" below the BB, and i adore the roll-up feature for biking. They also dry fast and don't stink. However, as one reviewer mentioned, the material is scratchy, and chafes if you sweat. Does the scratchiness improve with washing? Biking and walking in the humid concrete jungles of urban Ohio, i was sweltering in them. They generated a lot of friction on my quads, resulting in razorburn. I couldn't wait to get them off, it was like coming out of a scratchy sauna hell. Only afterwards did i notice that the pants are made of nylon---ugh. Like pantyhose. Should have paid more attention. I've been searching for an alternative to my butt-ugly but comfortable army camos for the field, and this was a fail.

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