The material in these shorts is awesome! Not what I expected from military surplus. Its super soft and cozy cotton feel and it smells like moms freshly laundered towels.

I was very happy with my tropentarn shorts from last year, so when I saw these flecktarn were available in my size, I jumped on them! These are heavier, double-layer material in comparison to the tropentarn version I already had. Same great quality, but remember these are made from *used* surplus trousers, so there is some minor color variation between them if you order more than one pair [if they have your size, buy all you can! But leave 1pr for the next guy...] The long inseam on these 'shorts' means you can shorten to your preferred length later if you like: these are *really* long by normal standards, but I found I kind of like them after getting over my initial shock. Long shorts or short knickerbockers, you decide... I believe the fashionistas call this length "clam diggers?" Anyway, I normally loathe cargo shorts because the cargo pockets are in the wrong spot & stick out too far; these, like their tropentarn siblings, put the pockets at the right height and have a lower-profile pocket just thick enough for a decent wallet. Only downside is the pockets are wide enough that my cell phone can rotate & lay on its side, and deep enough that when it does that, it requires a bit of a stretch & bend at the waist to fish it out of the pocket. C'est la vie! Oh, and besides having built in suspender buttons for those who wear them, THEY HAVE THE PROPER # OF BELT LOOPS [that would be EIGHT] so the waist on the pants is always supported & never sags or shifts. Someone in the BW knew how to make a proper pair of pants, and Varusteleka took them the rest of the way & turned them into some awesome shorts!