Black pants - poll

[stegenref]

I've seen some discussion on this topic, but no definitive answer, so I wanted to see what a poll would produce....

[Rich]

How many people have actually seen and held all 3? I've held the Smitty pants, so I can definitely tell you that I think the Davis pants blow those out of the water. Can't make that same claim about the Honig's pants, since I've never seen those.

[JRutledge]

I have seen 2 of those up close for sure. Not sure if the other pair I saw was from Smitty. The Honigs were by far the best looking and quality in my mind.

Peace

[HLin NC]

I have Davis and Honig's. If you go to Davis' web site, you find that he's had them redesigned. Apparently the Fed set the stripe standard at 1 1/4" whereas his were 1". The new model has the approved stripe. I have last years. In his description for the new model, he mentions that they aren't water repellant, which kind of defeats one of the purposes of switching to them. I do like the flag pocket and the adjustable waist.

Honig's have more heft to them, the coating I guess. The waist and pocket design is more like a traditional knicker. Honig's gets a not-so subtle dig in on their competition by mentioning that they "didn't just sew a stripe on their basketball pant".

I have yet to wear either pair beyond trying them on. My Honig's are currently being hemmed and I need to check on them Thursday. We can begin wearing them Oct. 1st, although I'm scheduled to be off. We've finally had some rain this week but the weather should be fine for the weekend. Our booking agent does want us to wear them this Friday however.

I don't know about the Smitty's as I haven't seen them. There was one other brand that were pretty expensive I found searching this summer but they sounded almost weather-proof-I can't recall the company though.

For what I know so far, I guess I'll go Honig's, although they seem to be bit too cozy with our state office for my liking.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by HLin NC

Honig's have more heft to them, the coating I guess. The waist and pocket design is more like a traditional knicker. Honig's gets a not-so subtle dig in on their competition by mentioning that they "didn't just sew a stripe on their basketball pant".

I would've bought the Honig's except for one thing. They only come in S, M, L, XL, etc. I'd rather have even numbered sizes with an adjustable waist and not have to guess if I'm a M or L or XL.

About the basketball pants comment: The dig could go the other way, I guess. If I wanted something that was like knickers, I'd buy knickers. And in the wettest weather, it's my shirt that gets soaked and bothers me, not my knickers/pants.

Let me know how warm the Honig's pants are in cool (not cold) weather. I could be convinced to pick up a pair for next season to use in the late, late season when it's cold. What I like about the Davis pants, though, is that when it was 57 degrees last week the pants were perfectly comfortable, not warm.

[wyo-referee]

My crew has the Honig's pants here in Wyo. and as soon as it get's cold we can give you our opinion based on the snow, cold and wind all in one game .