Winter textile trousers

[Viney]

Need some new ones. My Richa monsoons are a joke. Its the second pair i have had, the 1st pair a little over 3 months, this pair, just over the year, and again they have started to leak. Even at £90 i would have thought they would last a tad better than that. I spoke to the importer and they dont want to know (As usual)

So time to buy something a little better. Im thinking Frank Thomas? However, so many to choose from. My budget is around £120ish.

So do you:
a) Have FT Textile trousers, if so, how do you rate them?
b) If not, what do you have and how do you rate them?

Im off to the show this weekend and will come home with something, and some trousers

I got some rukkas last year at Ally Pally. Both me and Kate rate them very highly. They're not cheap, but neither of us have ever known them to leak, and both have stood up well to the odd tarmac slide The only downside is that the waist is elasticated, which I hate, but it would be fine if they zipped to your jacket. Kate actually bought a rukka jacket to match in fact.

[Viney]

Originally Posted by thor

I got some rukkas last year at Ally Pally. Both me and Kate rate them very highly. They're not cheap, but neither of us have ever known them to leak, and both have stood up well to the odd tarmac slide The only downside is that the waist is elasticated, which I hate, but it would be fine if they zipped to your jacket. Kate actually bought a rukka jacket to match in fact.

Rukka are just tooooo expensive imho no matter how good they are.

Fair enough, but I think they are worth it.

[Red ones]

I bought these Dianese D-dri absolutely the dog's bits. Dry - fit with my Dianese jacket and they look ok too - I don't need worry what I look like when I arrive at meetings

[Viney]

Originally Posted by thor

Fair enough, but I think they are worth it.

Thats cool mate, and they probably are good. Just a tad out of my price range

Hein Gericke is quality kit at a reasonable price.

http://www.hein-gericke.com/uk/produ...roducts_id/441

Originally Posted by Viney

Need some new ones. My Richa monsoons are a joke. Its the second pair i have had, the 1st pair a little over 3 months, this pair, just over the year, and again they have started to leak. Even at £90 i would have thought they would last a tad better than that. I spoke to the importer and they dont want to know (As usual)

But if you bought from a retailer then surely you've stated that they're not fit for the purpose etc and have asked for your money back?


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[fizzwheel]

I've got two pairs of textiles

A pair of Frank Thomas Aqua that I bought for £80 3 years ago, They've never leaked, however the zips bust on one of the legs and also the zip on the fly broke a while ago. I used these everyday for nearly two years before I bought my leathers last summer and TBH for £80 I cant really complain. They have a removable liner as well. They've got no armour in them though.

I replaced these with a pair of Alpinestars Drystar trousers. Paid £150, these have armour in the hips and knees. They are better for me as they are slightly longer in the leg than the frank thomas trousers and also they are much much warmer than the frank thomas ones as well. The zip on one of the legs broke about 4 weeks after I bought them so they've gone back to Alpinestars to be fixed. My brother also has a pair of these and he's had them for ages and they've never leaked and I would recommend a pair if your budget can stretch to them.

Heres a link with more info

http://www.kneedraggers.com/details/...22-351-10.html

HTH

i have hein gericke textile gore-tex, i think they were bout 100/110 quid. very comfy, warm and 100% waterproof. plenty of hiprotec knee/shin/hip armour.

i recommend them.