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don't wear nomex. will give you problems later in life. nnno reason to use it outside wildland fire.
>wool
big ben is best value. their gray and red stripped pants best.
I use stanfields liner for colder weather. Their superwool gets soft after about a week. T heir 80/20 wool takes a lot of getting used to, but is warm and cheap compared to all the merino garbage. If you want durability, just get polyester fleece liners. I like Swazi because they use the original fleece, polartec (marten mills). Stuff will last a decade if you keep away from a flame.
>polycotton
Dickies if you are cheap. 874, double knee loose fit work pants with 8.5 oz polycotton. Best value. I can get a year of wearing 1 pair every day.
Fjallraven vidda pro is also good. pockets are glorious. it's a bit over rated. Good design, but still like dickies fabric more. I can wear loose dickies in wet water and 90% of it beads off and dries fast because the wet parts aren't touching skin. I wish fjallraven used their heavyweight g1000 (polycotton) to make pants. The sewing and design better than dickies, but i've gotten holes in these fairly easy. Main reason I bought though is their US warranty is pretty good. They will repair for free, and if they can't replace. PS: don't wax these outside of maybe knees, seat, and bottom of pant leg. Will just make them hot and uncomfortable.
I am trying out Tru-Spec, who makes polycotton and nyco material to see if they have a mix of good design and fabric.
>NyCo (nylon+cotton)
Get US military BDU's. Will last a long time. Nylon doesn't dry as fast as polyester, but they last forever. Most the torn crotches out of garments today is because bad design (low rise). Then they cope by giving them stretch to fix their bad design (doesn't work). I'd probably exclusively wear these if it didn't rain so much here. I am using Helikon Tex's now since surplus has run low. Tru-Spec also has a bdu that may be decent. Don't know.
