ExOfficio Ambush Pants - Insect Shield® (For Women)

Usual gaping in the back, not bad. We only have 2 months of mosquitos a year, but then they are everywhere, and carefree daily hiking and fishing become a different game. I do not like to spray DEET so am glad to try this. 70xlaundering sounds reasonable. It is too early to tell if I'd recommend. I need to use it at least 40 washings and see if it still works.

I used this pair of pants for every occasions, going to work, walking & running the dogs, groceries shopping, etc.

These were WAY too small. I normally wear I ordered a size 10--and I usually wear either an 8 or 10--and could not even close them. Bear in mind they are also low-rise, which is not stated in the product description. It's too bad because the weight of the material and the styling looked like what I wanted, but I will go back to Columbia convertible pants--I've got a few of those in size 10 and they fit perfectly. I really did want the insect-shield for an upcoming birding trip to Central America. Low-rise is really not suitable for true hiking pants, either. They'd be okay for general travel.

These pants feels good. I hope they will proof themself perfect in Vietnam, to keep the inscet away. Not very stylish, and I would have liked the cargo pocket to be more decrete,as they can look bit bulkey for a 5'2" person. I also would have loved an inside zip pocket in the top pocked. I have that on another ExOfficio pants, whick I finde very useful.

I was skeptical about Insect Shield technology but now I am a believer. I was in the Amazon Rainforest for several days and was bite-free. My travel mates without insect shield had large bruise-like welts from the Amazonian bug bites. I have sensitive skin and was worried I might have a reaction to the chemicals, but I did not. A great product that I expect to keep using for years.