Lined work pants, please educate me.

A few of you guys inhabit colder climates than I, and as such may be a bit more experienced in such things than myself.

They seem like a great idea, and prices on Amazon look like they'd be worth pulling the trigger on a couple of pairs. Listing the size availability is awesome for a taller guy like me.

Brands that I should be looking at? Wrangler, Lee and Stanley all seem to have good offerings. Also flannel vs fleece? I'm leaning towards flannel at the moment.

Other than that, any other things I should consider or be aware of?

Many thanks.

Oh, as an added bit, I may consider grabbing a hi Vis jacket or hoodie whilst I'm at it, so suggestions for that wouldn't be unwelcome. Cheers

Flannel, all the way. Fleece gets 'strecthy' and bunches up.

From what I know, Duluth trading firehose pants are the gold standard.

mndsm wrote: From what I know, Duluth trading firehose pants are the gold standard.

QFT. I will no longer buy anything else.

Carhart makes top notch flannel lined jeans too, and they seem to last forever.

If you aren't buying windproof clothing then you are just buying pants with pajamas sewed into them. So, just wear regular pants and Under Armor cold gear long undies ... because all pants can be "winter pants" if you layer. And you can save a buck or seven too.

But - if it's really cold windproof pants and long undies FTMFW. I've skied in them down to 15 below with wind chills way below that.

The point being... it's not about the pants. It's the combination and the undies are the key.

If you go the UnderArmor route, try them on first...I have a pair and find the snug fit really uncomfortable. Your results may vary, that's just how they work (or should say, don't work) for me.

Are you going to be moving around a lot or standing mostly? what huckleberry said seems to work best for me also, but I don't stand around a lot in the cold, I keep moving.

Some food for thought this far for sure.

The dulluths look great, but not sure I can justify the price at this stage. Though given I'm not around battery acid and paint these days, they may stay nice for a while.

The under armour option is a good one and kind of where I was heading untill I came across lined pants.

I'm doing a fair amount of walking at work at the moment and constantly in and out of cars, so whatever I choose needs to be comfortable and not pose to much of a restriction on movement. While I could probably get away with fleecy track pants, they kind of look a bit slobish for work.

So far I'm happy to write off fleecy linings in favour of flannel. I can also see how lined will mean they can only really be used for part of the year where as some kind of long underpants will mean the same work pants can be used all year around by changing what's under them

I have some flannel lined work pants I bought at Walmart for like $25. Wrangler, maybe. Combined with insulated boots, they do the job.

Huckleberry wrote: If you aren't buying windproof clothing then you are just buying pants with pajamas sewed into them. So, just wear regular pants and Under Armor cold gear long undies ... because all pants can be "winter pants" if you layer. And you can save a buck or seven too. But - if it's really cold windproof pants and long undies FTMFW. I've skied in them down to 15 below with wind chills way below that. The point being... it's not about the pants. It's the combination and the undies are the key.

What he said. I had to wear crappy paper thin uniform pants outside in the winter. A nice set of flannel pajama pants under them made cold weather more bearable.

I line mine with hummingbirds.

I tryed them and couldnt handle how warm they keep my legs. I find it easier to just wear a pair of coveralls ove my clothes in extreme cold conditions.

mndsm wrote: From what I know, Duluth trading firehose pants are the gold standard.

Duluth is where it's at. Bear in mind they run a little on the small side though.

Other than that Patagonia base layers are seriously the most comfortable thing I've ever worn. They're like yoga pants for dudes.

Under Armor makes a work jacket. I love that thing. Mainly because it's a bit longer than normal ones with no elastic on the bottom. So if you're bending over and doing stuff all the time (You know like you do in work jackets) it doesn't ride up.

In reply to Huckleberry:

I kind of want to know what the black market for hummingbirds is like now...

While layers is the simple answer, I've always found it less comfortable.

In reply to Huckleberry:

I don't even want to know where those pics came from or how you came to be aware of them. I do know that hummingbird beaks look really sharp and pointy.

T.J. wrote: In reply to Huckleberry: I don't even want to know where those pics came from or how you came to be aware of them. I do know that hummingbird beaks look really sharp and pointy.

And I now feel very very bad for those hummingbirds.

In reply to Huckleberry:

W.T.F?

In reply to Huckleberry:

Talk about a hummer.....

I don't care how much hummingbird bird smuggling pays, that's too much sharpness to close to the hootus!

Dabbled with them once or twice. I now have an assortment of long underwear ranging from flannel pajama bottoms to underarmour to medical scrubs. If it is really, really cold I'll throw on Carhartt overalls/coveralls, insulated ones.

I've found the long underwear to be the better route.

There is a website for every fetish...apparently.

I wear fleece lined jeans here in Michigan and I love them. There's no restriction or binding from wearing layers and they cut the wind nicely. No experience with hummingbirds.

I got some thermal long undies at Costco that I wear under jeans when working outside in the winter. But I don't wear them that often. Mostly, I turn up the heat and fall asleep in my easy chair.

Ok, I have to ask...it's almost July, and you're asking about thermal pants. Are you just really planning ahead, or do you live in the southern hemisphere?