Tacticool Tuesday - Tacticool Pants for less than $20

I have had the LAPG Urban Ops and Operator Tactical pants for a few years now and have had every opportunity to beat them up pretty bad.  After 3 years they are still strong, not particularly faded, and without a single hole.  I picked up a pair of the Urban Ops pants on sale for a whopping 17 dollars and some change per pair.  They normally go out of the door for $19.99.  You can get them in a variety of colors, but multicam isn't one of them.

I know we have all seen the guys at the range or in classes with their $60 5-11 pants or if they are well healed, 200+ for Arc'teryx or whatever other ballistic, space age nylon, impervious to poverty that only the single guys can afford.  All serve the same purpose which is to cover your butt while not impeding movement.

I also have had their BDU style pants but have been unimpressed with the blousing draw strings on the bottom cuff.  The string somehow had become frayed and snagged on something in the dryer. The result was a small mass of nylon puff,  It was simple enough to cut off, but I would be remiss if I did not add this caveat.

If you are into the Grey Man thing and did not want to broadcast to the world that you are most likely carrying concealed, (it took me a few times of getting the extra special man-love by TSA to figure this out), they do have models that are a bit more muted.

The old adage of buy once, cry once applies to damn near everything, but sometimes you can get lucky and the cheap stuff does just fine.  This is one of those times.