"Bob Eager" wrote in message
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On Wed, 13 Nov 2019 22:58:22 +0000, Brian Reay wrote:

Andrew wrote:
On 13/11/2019 11:28, Bob Eager wrote:
I travel light anyway (I wear mostly Rohan gear), and there were
things I didn't need to duplicate in my own luggage. So my suitcase
was about 10kg. Arrived at Heathrow, and it was immediately diverted
for a security scan. I got a detailed one too.

You need deep pockets to buy Rohan clothing these days :-(

22 types of mens trousers, now including 'jeans' (*) but no more
Uplanders for some reason. My 25-YO pair are getting tired.

(*) The very thing that the original Rohan founders despised and the
reason why the developed their own easy-dry fabrics.


Not only do Rohan last, if there is a problem, their after sales service
is excellent. I had a zip fail on a pair of trousers after several
years. We were traveling at the time (in the UK) but took them into a
Rohan shop.
They found me on their computer, told me to pick another pair of
trousers,
and that was it.

They dry quickly etc, are very comfortable.

And (Bags at least) they have deep pockets! I wore Bags at work from 1984
until I retired in 2015. Still do (but not the same pair!)

Pretty outrageous prices tho. $100 for a pair of shorts.

I have a hell of a problem finding shorts that I like, mainly
because I dont like the current fashion of shorts down to
your knees.

Currently bought these but the pockets opening goes down
too far and I managed to have my car keys fall out on the
car seat when I got a lift with my mate to a garage sale way
out of town which made no sense for us both to drive to.
No big deal in that case because they came out in his car
but could be a hell of a problem if it had happened at a
big event like this one.
https://thesocietyinc.com.au/general...wkesbury-2019/

Havent tried sewing up the bottom of the pocket opening yet tho.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Mens-Stu...frcectupt=true

I prefer proper belt loops and a proper leather belt too.

The Rohan Bags shorts look ideal but not to keen on the
synthetic cloth. Dont need fast drying. I prefer cotton.,
I might try some if they show in the souk.

Currently love the Aldi cargo trousers, the pockets
are perfect. convenient pocket for the phone alone,
another fo rthe torch for garage sales and the even
the normal pockets are much easier to get a phone
out of when sitting in the car with the phone in a
pocket than jeans with the phone in a front pocket.
I never put the phone in a back pocket, too expensive
to wreck by sitting on it. I do cut off the biggest cargo
pocket tho, easy with a seam ripper.