Inkinsurgent

Can't shake the feeling that acr's depleted its design language.

E will dry a lot faster than DS. I don't really like how spongy DS feels once wet. Of the two, DS is generally the more comfortable next to skin.

It's been a couple of things around that time, all from Schoeller's "Shape" family of lifestyle oriented performance textiles. The melange CH was a nylon/cotton/spandex blend, the later night/black CH was a modacrylic blend, and there was a laminated cotton/polyester mesh version of the P9 and P11.

i know E loves his wabi sabi but screenprinting a knit is dumb af.

Not a big fan of all the fiddling with proven designs either, but the bib/apron is a cycling feature. If you're from a city where cycling is your main mode of transport, the leg flaps are super useful to keep your pants from getting soaked. IYKYK.

Resolved is just fancy designspeak for 'did'. But i agree with droves, compromising belt use for the novelty of having a shock cord up there is dumb af. If you're gonna load up those Deep Pocketsǽ [ L and R side ] that cord won't hold your pants up but if you want a belt they're in the way.

ok so not the return of the legendary modacrylic ch but a schoeller shape variant.

also pretty interested in what constitutes ch this time around. it's been a couple of different schoeller textiles by now.

Between my P10s, P9s and P14's i've also handled all ACR pant textiles except for epic cotton. DS: overall winner as far as balance/daily usefulness goes. Good water resistance and dry time, excellent stretch, good next to skin comfort, good stacking/drape, excellent colorfastness, good breathability. CH: overall winner as far as style/comfort goes. Great next to skin comfort, great breathability, luxurious textile, decent drape, excellent colorfastness but essentially no weather protection. E: overall winner for weather performance. Good water repellence, great dry time, decent breathability, excellent drape/stacking. CH-melange: surprisingly good dry time but moderate water resistance, good stacking and drape, good stretch and next to skin comfort, the most "unique" looking of the textiles. Good colorfastness. S: dogshit.

I wouldn't hike in my P10s because their patterning really doesn't play nice with hiking boots, but Schoeller dryskin is a hiking and skiiing textile by design.