picky buyer (i do a lot of research), and I keep coming back to Southpole sweats (own 8 of them now)
UPDATED (update below): As an athlete, I have a bought a lot of sweatpants in my life. Buying in person at a store is okay, but they never have enough kinds to choose from. So like everyone, I go online. But buying online has its own set of problems and can be hit or miss. Anyway, I've had good luck with this Southpole brand though. Bought 4 more pairs of them about 2 months ago. I wanted to use them awhile before I did my review. This time round, I did a bunch of research but still came back to Southpole in the end. They are as good as others and the price is always the cheapest out of all the ones I look at. I got the ones with cargo pockets this time. As always, I bought them bigger because sweatpants always shrink. These did not shrink quite as much as my past Southpole sweatpants, but still shrunk down to fit pretty good. I'm wearing a pair now. Super comfy. I wear them every day. Anyway, I know they'll shrink more, the more I use them/wash them. Things I don't like about these latest ones. The drawstrings on these cargo sweats are not as beefy as my past Southpole sweats. Also the drawstrings on these are about 6 inches shorter. Not happy about that. Then again, I only use the drawstrings occasionally, so not a big deal for me. But might be a deal breaker for some of you. Btw, the draw stings suck on all 4 pair I bought so I know it's not just a fluke. Southpole is getting more cheapskate I guess. Other than that, I love their sweats. I'm hoping these new ones last as long as my other 4 Southpole from several years ago. Which are still going strong after 3.5yrs of heavy use. I wear sweats everyday instead of jeans. Glad to have these new ones. I of course just demoted my old sweats to being worn only when I do yardwork, house remodeling stuff, classic car restoration (which I do nearly every day), etc. dirty jobs. UPDATE: i'm two more months down the road and i'm still lovin' these sweats. and they have now shrunk down a tiny bit more and have become nearly a perfect fit. i should probably do what people used to do with their jeans and pull them straight out of the washing machine and wear them outside in the hot sun until they shrink-dry completely onto your body to form a perfect fit (and a perfect fit forever after). lol anyway, i'm gonna bump these up from my original 4 stars to 5 since i'm totally lovin' them. love them even more than the old 'non-cargo-pocket' ones i bought and wore forever (and am still wearing). oh yeah, and again, i happen to be wearing these review sweats as i type this. not an amazing occurrence or anything since i wear these cargo pocket ones all the time now. UPDATE 9-28-23: My review above is for the fleece sweat pants only... just saw that the seller is now listing a Tech-Woven Nylon variety too. Dude, just start a different listing for those... why do sellers have to put so many varieties into a single listing?! Anyway, still loving my fleece sweatpants. They are holding up amazingly. I've stopped wearing jeans pretty much, just living large in my cargo sweats 24/7. That's no joke. They're my main pants in the day now, and my friggin PJ's at night too. Just one benefit of being old, and married... no one to have to impress anymore. My dress code is just all about me and my comfort now. lol By the way, watch those big phones in those cargo pockets. I have a really sturdy phone case, otherwise I would have ruin my phone by bumping it on stuff when it's in my big cargo pockets. At least the cargo pockets are big and can fit the latest big phones. Read more
