Decathlon outdoor/hunting trousers

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Aristotle

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Jan 13, 2010
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I bought a pair of these bargain trousers from Decathlon a couple of weeks ago.

I've just been on a bushcrafty Scout camp weekend and I'm very pleased with the trousers. Comfortable, allow unrestricted movement, good pockets and feel hard wearing.


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Fit wise, I actually have a 32" waist, but I typically buy 34" trousers with a generous fit to fit my legs and glutes. I needed to buy 36" waist in these trousers for the leg capcity and use an elasticated belt.

I have shortened the legs as they were too long for my 32" legs and I will take in the elasticated waist a little.
 
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Where I currently live, in the French Alps, pretty close to Grenoble, Decathlon is unsurprisingly something of a religion. They call Grenoble the 'outdoor capital of the Alps/France' and it is practically impossible to get through a day without seeing people clad head to toe in a Decathlon brand.
The Solognac stuff is superb value, used a lot by the hunters around here, as well as naturalists and bushcrafters, and the value to quality ratio is superb. The sizing, as you noticed, is not always quite comprehensible, however, and I have ended up with a few pairs of trousers too small for my waist, or far too baggy. Trying them on is certainly the way, as is affecting a few alterations of your own, which is my favourite thing on the old Singer.
In short, they're great (and, here at least, they can be picked up even cheaper from Vinted, as other people find a new pair doesn't fit and then sell them for a few euros).
 

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