I'm a big fan of Fjallraven trousers, so much so I think I'm up to six pairs now. But I was shopping around a few weeks ago and came across some Swed Team trousers at Bushwear in Stirling, they looked really good and at nearly half the price of Fjallravens I thought I'd give them a go.
They turned up today and I have to say I think I'm really going to get along with these. Unfortunately I took a gamble and went for a 33" waist, normally this would be perfect but with the Sweds they were just a bit too slim around the top of the legs for my liking. The waist was perfect but I'd never be able to get my Ullfrotte base layers on underneath when the weather gets colder. So I'm going to exchange these for the next size up and see how I go with those.
I wanted to take some pics but I've packaged them up for return so I'll do a mini review when my replacements turn up.
I went for the brown and black ones as I seem to favour my Fjallravens Barents in that scheme too. Really nice shade of brown and the build quality is superb, probably to be expected from Swedish manufacturers.
Double layer contrast patches on the seat and knees, adjustable legs bottoms and more pockets than I know what to do with. I will say they don't have the depth of the Fjallraven pockets, I found the long thin knife pocket really useful just for slipping my Laplander in occasionally.
The fabric is 65% poly and 35% bomull, a bit of googling tells me this is organic cotton so a similar mix to Fjallravens.
So if anyone's in the market for some new trews definitely have a look at these if you can. I like them so much that I think I'm going to get a pair of the green ones too, and still probably make a saving on a single pair of Fjallravens.
Proper review soon.
They turned up today and I have to say I think I'm really going to get along with these. Unfortunately I took a gamble and went for a 33" waist, normally this would be perfect but with the Sweds they were just a bit too slim around the top of the legs for my liking. The waist was perfect but I'd never be able to get my Ullfrotte base layers on underneath when the weather gets colder. So I'm going to exchange these for the next size up and see how I go with those.
I wanted to take some pics but I've packaged them up for return so I'll do a mini review when my replacements turn up.
I went for the brown and black ones as I seem to favour my Fjallravens Barents in that scheme too. Really nice shade of brown and the build quality is superb, probably to be expected from Swedish manufacturers.
Double layer contrast patches on the seat and knees, adjustable legs bottoms and more pockets than I know what to do with. I will say they don't have the depth of the Fjallraven pockets, I found the long thin knife pocket really useful just for slipping my Laplander in occasionally.
The fabric is 65% poly and 35% bomull, a bit of googling tells me this is organic cotton so a similar mix to Fjallravens.
So if anyone's in the market for some new trews definitely have a look at these if you can. I like them so much that I think I'm going to get a pair of the green ones too, and still probably make a saving on a single pair of Fjallravens.
Proper review soon.
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) and never went in. Think I'll need to pay it a visit to replace my embarrassingly faded 5 year old, holey, black combats 
