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Pants (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to c/buyitforlife

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Im looking for some pants. My wife has been repairing mine for a couple years now, but some of them are coming apart at the seams. I got mine really cheap. Im willing to spend if it means they are repairable and made better. Any suggestions?

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[–] Bigfish@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

These are the best. The Flex Firehose ones may not be super repairable, but they straight up last forever. I wore a rotation of 3 of these for 3 years straight before I saw the first fray.

[–] doublenut@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

I have to disagree. While I really like the pants, their design, the fit and gussets, but they're not even as durable as carhartts. I bought a pair of the original fire hose mostly because of the warranty (get a hole in the fire hose pants they'll replace) Well I got a hole in the first couple months sliding between 2 walls. Small hole figured I'd just wear them out. A year later I buy another pair and a couple other styles. The next year the first pair are trashed worn through both double knees. They no longer honor their warranty... The other pants lasted one more year. The flex fire hose, the waist band and belt loops just separated from the pants on both sides pulling them up one day. I thought the price was worth it with the warranty, too bad thats not a thing any more.