Charcoal Grey Pants Recommendations

[BretMan]

My first two pairs of Smitty's just arrived in the mail yesterday. I chose this brand based on favorable reviews in this, and other, forums. They look good and I like the fit. Of course, being a "cold climate" guy, these won't get field tested for another couple of months.

But my order was not without problems- which is one thing I don't like about mail ordering gear. The problem was something that many of the folks here won't be concerned about, unless they also happen to work softball.

The charcoal grey pants were fine and as advertised. I also ordered a pair of navy blue pants, which were advertised as also having the expansion waistband. Much to my dismay, upon receipt I found that they did not!

A call to the supplier prompted them to call the manufacturer. Come to find out that there was a last-minute production change on their navy pants. The explanation I got was that the navy pants were changed to a "western cut" pocket (prefered for ASA and NCAA softball) and that change prevented the maker from producing these pants with the expansion waistband- despite this feature being advertised in their 2010 product literature.

So, I wound up with one pair of grey pants that I'm really happy with and one pair of navy pants that I'm not quite as happy about.