A few years back I standardized my clothes on one model of pants to simplify my life. These have been great as work pants, for tactical training, for hiking, and just general adventuring and everyday life. They've gone up in price a little since then but I still think that they're a good balance of cost and quality. LAPG has also been really good about listening to their customers and have added upgraded zippers and extra stitching to the velcro on the pockets. <br /><br />Hopefully this will eventually be an affiliate link but until then I'll just link there directly: <a href="https://lapolicegear.com/basic-operator-pant-elastic.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://lapolicegear.com/basic-operator-pant-elastic.html</a>