Outdoor Research  Ferrosi Convertible Pants - Men's

I use them for hiking and glacier climbing (in summer). I think the pants are quite comfortable, light, and fit great, but the lack of ankle zips is a huge disappointment. I was going to return them, but then I checked with my tailor and she is able to put ankle zips in. I don't understand the point of making a convertible pant with zip off legs without including ankle zips. After zipping the legs off, I cannot fit them over my climbing boots. I haven't tried, but I suspect they will fit over sneakers or running shoes since they have some stretch in them.

Iﾒve had a pair of the Ferossi shorts now for a while and have loved them, so when I saw the Ferossis were available as convertible pants, I had to order a pair. I was not disappointed as they just extend the comfort range of the shorts, just zip the bottoms on when the mornings or evenings are cool. Two zippered back pockets and a zippered thigh pocket along with the regular front pockets are nice. I'm 6' and 175 lbs and the 32s fit well. The shorts come down to my kneecaps with the bottoms zipped off. Bill Dudley OR Grassroots Athlete

I love these pants! I've had a pair of the regular Ferosi pants for a couple years and they were my favorites. Decided to get the ones with the zip off legs for a backpacking trip. It poured rain and the rain pants I had over them were old and didn't work. When it stopped raining, I took the rain pants off and the ferosis were soaked. They dried faster than any gear I've ever had. I definitely recommend these pants.

There are now my go to pants for any longer climbing or hiking trips. The water repellency is still there after 5 washes and the fabric is stretchy making it super comfortable to active days. I thought it would be a little bulky and won't be suitable for anything other than shoulder season use but it is light enough to be great for warm weather use too. I would definitely buy it again.

These pants are great. The material is incredibly quick drying, offers full range of motion and plenty of elastic stretch to the waist so you can keep wearing them even if you go up in size for any other pants. They stay cool in the summer but plenty warm in the winter and from what I have seen so far, they are quite durable. I would recommend these to anyone for almost any use.

The Ferrosi pants are my new favorite backpacking and climbing pants. My Prana Stretch Zions were the pants to beat, and the Ferrosi manages to eek out a victory. Positives: SUPER stretchy fabric means I can back step, high knee my way up a route with no restriction to movement. Very lightweight material doesn't feel hot and breathes well. DWR finish is great for repelling moisture. However, this does mean these pants won't block as much wind as heavier pants (like the Zion). The construction quality is excellent, and the color coded zippers for the detachable legs is a nicely thought out feature. Negatives: I definitely wish the front pockets on these pants were deeper, and the leg cargo pockets a bit bigger. Things feel like they'll fall out of the front pockets, and the back/cargo pockets are too small to fit any significant amount of gear. The 1 size fit all inseam length (32") seems like an oversight. My gf hemmed mine in, so it ended up working ok, but more lengths would've been nice.

Great pants/shorts. Comfortable for day long activities. The only thing they are missing are zippers on the bottom of the pants for getting them off over my boots. Add zippers and this is a 5 Stars pair of pants.

I recently completed hiking the Pacific Crest Trail with as much OR gear because I love these products and wanted to see how they would hold up on a 5-month backpacking expedition. The truth was, after only 2 months on daily use and i mean daily, I had to switch them out to some pants I found in the thrift store because they began to deteriorate. But below you will find the positives and negatives of for these pants. Positives: 1. Water repellency: I loved how if i brushed up against a wet bush, the water would just bead down and off (sometimes into my shoes) but it would take a real shower to get water saturated. 2. Stretchiness- this was ideal for moving over terrain, never lost its stretch. 3. Breathability- I love shorts which is why I got the conversion pants because I can get HOT hiking. When using the pants in warmer weather as protection against mosquitoes, the breathability was there and I barely noticed that I was wearing pants. Wonderful quality. Negatives: 1. Pockets: In a long distance backpacking trip, you need various items to live in your pockets at all times for quick access. The ONLY zipper pocket on the right side was too small in my opinion and my mini pocket knife that I've had for YEARS quickly wore a hole in the pocket and fell out, as well as my chapstick. If there was more zipper pockets spread around the pants, I wouldn't have had to rely on this one small pocket to keep my secured items there, only to have them fall out through a hole. Overall, these are great weekend hiking pants, but I wouldn't advice them for a thru-hike, unless you purchase multiples and send them to yourself.