Pants with knee pads

I was posting in the hatchet/saw thread and explained that I like to kneel when using my hatchet. This is only comfortable because I wear pants with an integrated pocket at the knee to hold a piece of closed cell foam in just the right place for a little extra protection. The pocket is gusseted and overlapping, so the pads stay put. They add hardly add any bulk, or weight, and yield a huge comfort upgrade around camp. I fully recommend.

Before posting, I searched the forum for "knee pads" and of course most of those posts seem to pertain to the pads installed in the bilge for kneeling while paddling. Towards that end, integrated pant-knee-pads even work decently for the paddler who primarily sits, but likes to occasionally kneel in stretches of swift water.

Like these?

https://www.fjallraven.com/us/en-us...users/keb-trousers-m/?v=F87176::7323450989064

On the Thelon trip both guides and the Swiss contingent all wore these and swore by them.

I have a friend in that works on wind turbines (crawling around on his knees often) and he has pants like that. I thought it was a great idea when I saw them but, obviously, I've been too lazy to rustle up a pair.

Alan

I found a couple more budget options as opposed to the Fjallravens


The Carhart link won't unfurl so here it is

I just bought The Law pants from Kuhl. They are double knee in the full and waxed versions.