best work trousers

[Muse2k8]

Best trousers I've had and still wear are the scruffs ones. £45 in screwfix and they are hard wearing, plenty of pockets loops etc for tools phones etc and the knee pad pockets are good too.

 

[Divad]

£3 Primark jeans and a £1 foam kneeling matt from a bootsale.

 

[Sean Kelly]

Don't buy Dewalt work trousers. I now have to wear black underpants/shorts because the 3 pairs of trousers I have are all split in the crotch area. Great ventilation in the Summer!! Do you find that some trousers have too many pockets - very frustrating when i'm looking for my car keys.

 

[doug boardley]

Don't buy Dewalt work trousers. I now have to wear black underpants/shorts because the 3 pairs of trousers I have are all split in the crotch area. Great ventilation in the Summer!! Do you find that some trousers have too many pockets - very frustrating when i'm looking for my car keys.

that's one of the reasons I hardly ever answer my phone when I'm at work! by the time I've put down a tile, trowel etc and hunted about in the pockets, it's always rung off:lol:

 

[Bubblecraft]

I've been using the Panoply Mach 3 trousers for some time now but after about 6 months, the crotch goes on them so going to move onto the Baratec. Very similar in design but has triple stitching at the crotch.


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[Time's Ran Out]

still using the same work pants from 3 years ago!

Snickers are by far the best, but too expensive for our trade, I only wear my clean one's on day 1 - then it's a change into my £5 jeans.

 

[Alan M]

for my carpentry etc i use snickers but for tiling i only use dunnes finest. 8 euro and last years. im in the market for cheap ones for tiling as they get distroyed in addy.
i hate all the pockets too. i have a habit of putting my pencils etc in my pocket,on the snickers you could have one in each pocket.


i usually just keep an eye out in local hardware stores for offers and sales. sometimes they have 25 %off. 50 %on odd sizes too

 

[doug boardley]

my bosch one's, the first pair I got, are still going strong after 5 years, I've got 5 pairs now so all being well I should be okay for rest of my working life....oh price are about £40

 

[peteablard]

Snickers have always been my first choice but currently got a pair of scruffs which aren't too bad. Not quite as comfortable but still get a

 

[tommyzooom]

my bosch one's, the first pair I got, are still going strong after 5 years, I've got 5 pairs now so all being well I should be okay for rest of my working life....oh price are about £40

Doug, do you use kneepads over the trousers, or in pocket kneepads?

I cannot use strap on kneepads, so use the snickers floorlayers trousers. The last ones I bought were the new design of these and lasted no-where near as long as the previous ones.
They're not cheap but the old ones lasted well so were worth it, With these new ones now I'm not so sure, so watching this with interest