Side by Side Comparison of: Columbia

Happy with purchase!

Great fit; quality product! Bought for my trip to Africa and I LOVE them! They are casual and classy looking all at the same time. Very light weight; yet durable. Fit well! I Love the zipper to convert to shorts; zipper is well hidden and is well made.

I bought two pair of these pants for a recent trip to Costa Rica and they did well for my trip. I spent a lot of time in the rainforest where it was very hot and humid, but I was glad to have my legs protected by pants with the option for zipping off. I never felt too hot in them despite it being 90 degrees and humid.

I removed one star for the fit. The black pair fit well but the green pair were noticeably larger. I needed to steal a belt from my boyfriend's similar pants to wear with the green pair. These also seem to run a little smaller than other Columbia pants I tried on in stores. I typically wear size 6-8 pants and shorts from several popular brands, but in these I wore a size 10 (could have probably fit in size 8 but definitely not a 6). I typically wear size long pants with a 34" inseam but these size 10 regular fit ok with hiking shoes. They do look much better on the model wearing the black pair than the green pair on this page.

I find the look with the bottom zipped off to be extremely unattractive but when I'm sweating in the rainforest I guess I don't care that much. But I would not have kept these intending to wear them mostly as shorts.

Love these pants. I have a curvy body and had to get a size up because my luscious thighs were squeezed uncomfortably by the band in the size 8, but only when I sat down. I have these pants in several colors and would recommend them to anyone with a curvy bod. Great pants overall.

This "women's" fit is so tight that it can be quite uncomfortable on the zipper area.