4H Club - Hip Hip Horray for Honig's

[Kevin Finnerty]

Here, you go to Honig's on the way to Disneyland or an Angels game.

[outathm]

I know in FLA I went to Honig's on the way to a Marlins game. I was the only person at both sites LOL!!

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by outathm

I know in FLA I went to Honig's on the way to a Marlins game. I was the only person at both sites LOL!!

I'm LOL'ing ... that's a good line.

[jdmara]

Originally Posted by outathm

I know in FLA I went to Honig's on the way to a Marlins game. I was the only person at both sites LOL!!

lol...Good one! Although I'm surprised nobody else was at Honig's

-Josh

[Kevin Finnerty]

I wonder why Honig's is not responding to the need for charcoal gray slacks. The one thing that makes them superior to the others (other than the service) is their slacks, and they only have them in heather and that slightly darker shade that they call charcoal, but isn't.

A lot of guys made the mistake of buying those slacks when the regulation changed to charcoal, and they don't match the standard charcoal and they all got stuck with them. It's dumbfounding.

[rookieblue]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

they only have them in heather and that slightly darker shade that they call charcoal, but isn't.

Whoa. That's good to know. I love Honig's, and I also need the darker pants. Any recommendations?

[Chris_Hickman]

Honigs started the poly-woolz back in 2003ish? I can tell you that the current poly-wools are the exact same pant worn by the MLB guys...except the big leagers get heavy duty white pockets and each are measured and have their own custom pattern. If smitty and some others are making their pants darker.... thats on them. Sometimes dye lots vary and the color might be off from batch to batch but generally, they are pretty consistant ( Honigs). If you are doing college and above... wear only honigs poly wools.
If you work HS and below and want to save money... try the new Honigs polys with the side tabs. Just my 2 cents. Oh ya... buy The Official's Locker Room!

[zm1283]

The Smitty pants are charcoal and the poly-wools look almost exactly like them color wise. The texture of the material is different, but the color is almost the same.

Compared to the Davis pants, even the Smittys and poly-wools don't look like charcoal.

[LDUB]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

I wonder why Honig's is not responding to the need for charcoal gray slacks. The one thing that makes them superior to the others (other than the service) is their slacks, and they only have them in heather and that slightly darker shade that they call charcoal, but isn't.

Honig's pants are the standard darker shade of pants. If some other companies came along made their pants a different color that isn't Honig's fault. Maybe in a few years you'll be complaining how Honig's doesn't sell black shirts with thick trim like the Official's Choice.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Uh ... no, I won't.

The Honig's polywools are the original or standard shade of charcoal. The Honig's ultimate slacks are lighter than the polywools, which are already lighter than all the other brands' "charcoal." If you work the higher levels, like Chris said, if you have polywools, you'll match all of your partners. At any level JUCO or under, if you wear the polywools, you'll match some of your partners, and if you wear the Honig's ultimates (the ones with the expanders), you will match none of your partners, no matter what shade they claim they are. The ones that will match will be the Cliff Keen/Gerry Davis/Smitty's shade and not the almost heather shade of the Honig's ultimates.

The polywools are the best, though. Just stay away from the ultimates.

[IowaMike]

I have the Honig's ultimate pants. I like them, find them to be comfortable and quite frankly never paid much attention as to whether or not they exactly matched the pants my partner was wearing. I really don't care if they are exactly the same shade and my guess is the only people who would notice would be a small group of other umpires (maybe).

I order just about everything at Honigs. I have had only one issue with a product over the years (referee shirt came with a small hole in it) and they took care of it quickly and without a hassle. I usually get my orders in about two days. I know they aren't the cheapest in some cases, but I trust them and will stick with them.

[waltjp]

Originally Posted by Kevin Finnerty

Uh ... no, I won't.

The Honig's polywools are the original or standard shade of charcoal. The Honig's ultimate slacks are lighter than the polywools, which are already lighter than all the other brands' "charcoal." If you work the higher levels, like Chris said, if you have polywools, you'll match all of your partners. At any level JUCO or under, if you wear the polywools, you'll match some of your partners, and if you wear the Honig's ultimates (the ones with the expanders), you will match none of your partners, no matter what shade they claim they are. The ones that will match will be the Cliff Keen/Gerry Davis/Smitty's shade and not the almost heather shade of the Honig's ultimates.

The polywools are the best, though. Just stay away from the ultimates.

Just another reason why the umpires shouldn't be congregating together during the game. We don't want people in the bleachers yelling, "Hey, your pants don't match!"

That would be just plain hurtful.

[dash_riprock]

Around here, the only pants acceptable for college are Davis. I bought 2 pair of Honigs pants (20% discount from an Evans clinic) and can't use them anywhere but the JUCOs. The Davis pants look & feel much better anyway.