>>2821460I even spoke to an employee at Fjallraven. I live in the pacific northwest where the west side of our mountains is 9 months of light rain but the east side of the range is high desert. The employee who worked at Fjallraven even said he doesn't use fjallraven on the west side because everything ends up getting wet anyways. Is it not ironic that their own employee doesn't trust the clothing outdoors for hunting because its lack of reliability?
5) twill>canvas. at this point you probably think im a hater. i think polycotton fits into that obsolescent category of performance fabrics. I'm actually a polycotton superfan though. I don't even own goretex or any of its alternatives. I just find what fjallraven does is a lesser version of polycotton. Their design's and their updates don't focus on function (but on fashion), the fabrics underperform, they recommend to wax it which defeats the fabrics benefits.
So what are the pros?
They'll repair it for life (at a significant upcost.)
the pocket placement is pretty good for the vidda pros at least. the side pockets are too short.
It's a decent form of BDU offering some articulated knees, elasticated bottom, boot hooks, cargo pockets, reinforced knee/butt.
Can't think of anything else. Pick your poison ultimately but know the tradeoffs.
I find i'm just using Dickies now. I use the 8.5 oz twill polycotton. Last I checked dickies has a satisfaction warranty. During black friday they cost only $20 a pair. Cargo pockets. I bought bands to elasticate the bottom of the pants if I need them (only thing I really miss). And I can get a year out of them using them every day. I've worn them fishing quite a bit too and they're wide enough that if I wear a thigh length coat, the rain doesn't bother me because most the fabric isn't touching my legs since it's loose. When the rain stops too, with a little breeze, they don't take long to dry You could also just get some propper/tru-spec polycotton BDUs too for a similar low price.
