Dear Rail Riders,
I wanted to provide you with a quick review of your X-treme Adventure Pants. I purchased these pants a while ago to use for a GoRuck Challenge (GRC). I trained in them for a few months before my event. I liked the quality and the durability of the pants and felt confident I had made the right choice. The GRC I did was the St. Patrick’s Day 10 pm class in Chicago, IL. Our event ran from 10 pm – 8 am the next day and we covered 15 miles. The temperatures were below freezing. The classes are limited in size (usually 30) so as to get everyone to work as a team. In our case, we had a class of less than 20.
GoRuck Clip…looks pretty tough
(www.goruck.com)
During these events you do a variety of physically challenging tasks. Common among them are bear crawls, low crawls through the mud, lunges, pushups, buddy carries, and carrying a log. These are but a few of the fun things GoRuck has teams doing. All of this is done while moving most of the time at a slow jog and while carrying a ruck on your back filled with 40 lbs of bricks.
I found your pants held up nicely. I found no rips or tears when I was done. The deep pockets were great when stuffing gloves and other items in and out of them based on what task or “mission” we were performing. I didn’t worry about losing anything either because of their depth. I found the side pocket zippers to be easily accessed even with gloves on. They did not come open given the stress I was putting on them. I wore a merino wool base layer that kept me warm. What was great is that the wool help to keep me dry and even though I was sweating the whole time, your pants did not retain the moisture and quickly dried. I was more than pleased with how well they held up.
I will buy your products in the future. In fact, I have 3 more GoRuck events coming up. I plan on buying some of your shorts, unless, by chance, you want me to field test some of those for you? I will gladly punish myself again and give you feedback on your products in the future if you so desire.
If you would like to contact me in the future for anything, feel free to do so. Thanks for your time and keep up the good work.
- Jeff
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