Products I wholeheartedly endorse

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North Face zip-off hiking pants "Paramount".

Tough, wind resisting pants with zip off legs, sensibly cut, well finished.

They claim to be water resistant. They are.

They claim to be quick drying. They are.

They claim to UV blocking ... not yet tested, but plausible.

They have ankle zips so you can remove the lower legs without removing your boots.

And the little icing on the cake that wins them my endorsement... if you've ever had zip-off pants, you've probably had that moment where you have to figure out which leg goes on which side.

NF have colour coded the zips - red zip, right leg; black zip, left leg.

Simple, no added cost, and quite effective. And tells me the designers actually field tested these products.

Oh and they were on special, 'cause I'm way too cheap to spend $120 on a pair of pants ... but $50 (for a good pair) is reasonable.