Adidas Originals Zip Knit Pants

Flawed product – These were purchased as winter lounge pants. They're in "Wonder mauve" or pink which I'd not wear out of the house. It would be a challenge to wear them outdoors in any case. There are two major problems. The first is the zippers at the knees. They serve no purpose I can discern, and when you sit down they're very cold as they're metal. On top of… Read more

that, they rub on one's knees. The second problem is sizing. My pair are XL, or 36" waist. I am actually 38" and the darn things fall down all the time! Doesn't matter how tightly I do up the drawstring, when I get up to walk around the house, they're falling down.

These pants are well-made, alas in China, and the fittings are of good quality. The zippers are as mentioned, metal and very good quality. The zipper plackets are perfectly matched colour-wise to the very thick knit cotton material, as is the drawstring. They are generally quite warm, apart from the heat loss through the knee zippers. My wife sewed strips of material behind the knees to reduce the heat loss, but my upper knees remain cold when seated. The front pockets are also zippered, with an additional press-stud closure. There's a layer of material underneath the pocket so there's no skin contact with metal.

I purchased my pair from Iconic, at a reasonable price but it did rather annoyingly go down further. I wouldn't recommend these pants. Theoretically they should be warm and snug with the heavy knit material, but they're let down by the silly knee zippers and the insecure waist fastening and/or poor sizing or waist elastic.