Lightweight pants vs standard weight
There is a huge difference in what kind of pants are tolerable in warm enviromnets. Once you start hitting the 80 F weather those cotton canvas pants will really get heavy. The styles 4441 and 4447 are your hot weather pants, and if those are too hot to wear, try the shorts. Everyone has varying degrees of tolearance in the type of apparel they can wear. We’d consider the 4441 pants to be the most worn unless you’re taking a carbine or tactical class or you’re toting and M16 or Ar15 all day, and then we’d recommend the style 4447 Lightweight Operator pants.
Woolrich Elite pants are made of either 100% cotton ripstop or 8.5oz cotton canvas. I’ve seen 5.11 makes pants that are supposedly made of the same material and weight, but there is a felt difference. The standard weight pants are styles 4904 and 4429, these pants are the most commonly used Woolrich Elite Pants followed by the 2 styles that are made of the ripstop material. The 4904 pants are being listed on clearance for $25 and are a deal.
The new apparel company named Eotac has been out for over a year and we have noticed the Style 202 pants are slightly lighter weight and don’t feel as heavy as the Woolrich Elite version. We have had virtually zero customer complaints about the durability of these pants and they don’t feel as baggy in the seat. There are also differences in the cargo pockets. Many people are asking what the difference is between all of these products because they are very similiar. The rear wallet or ID pockets on the Eotac pants are easier to access and have an easier to access pull tab to open it. The cargo pockets are all bellowed which makes them hold more, although they are not like BDU cargo pockets.