I read this review:
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/index.ph...gloves-etc/Fjallraven-Greenland-Trousers.html
, but thouhgt it worth to add a few points after selling Fjallraven stuff for a living for 20-odd-years.
I prefer FR because of two reasons:
Outside all fashion (to which they have to succumb, too) they still produce clothes which can be worn hard and are available in whole unfashionable cuts which make them easy to wear when outside and not looking into a mirror. The later is, compared with other manufactures, an almost unique aproach.
The G-1000 fabric is very hardwearing, fast-drying and still quite lightweight.
These days there are many different trousers made by FR on the market, which differ mostly by price, features and - most important - the cut.
And the latter is, IMHO, the most important aspect when using one of these outside.
So have a look at the diferent ones:
Greenland: rather wide, "high waist" (according to FR, but lower as the high one of the Iceland), legs with straps
Barents: dito, no straps at the legs, but with reinforcement panel all over the ****! Excellent when sitting on a cold and wet ground!
Iceland: like Greenland, but with uncut legs and with a much higher waist, especially in the back! The most comfortable not only when you are a bit portly and dont want to appear like this in the wild and wet:
http://www.blunzn.com/uploads/mechaniker_dekoltee.serendipityThumb.jpg
Reivo: the cut is a bit slimmer, waist not as high as the Greenland less pockets, uncut legs, no reinforcements, much lower price and a very good choice if you want to wear them as an everyday-garment, too!
Karl: very low cut, tight fitting, completely unsuitable for anyone who wants to move unrestrecticted in the wilderness. (The best selling FR-trousers we have here in our shop in germany, to the extent that we regularly dont stock anything else because only this one will sell to the vast majority, (Dump buggers).
Cape Horn: similar to the Karl, but maybe not so extremly low cut.
Vidda: may be similar to the Barents, I have never tried them.
Some other comments:
The knife pocket of Iceland/Greenland is suitable for a classic scandinavian-style knife with a blade of less than 10.0cm, but you may have to try several.
Re-waxing is best done with a hair-dryer for melting the wax into the fabric. Its so much easier to control this process. Also ypour mum/wife wont go ballistic for you having glogged her expensive pressing-iron with wax. Likewise, put some layers of newspaper on the table before the waxing.
The more fashionable trousers, like the Karl, come unwaxed and with a "sanded" surface to make them more suitable for the shopping-mall.
Likewise, these do not have the standard 8!!! loops for the belt, which are a must-have for any good trouser.
In the last 25 years, I have never really worn out any of my trousers from FR. The worst I had, with my first one when I was younger, was a hole in one (I only kneel on the right one) of the knee reinforcements after eight years of use.
In between I only outgrew them and nowadays I buy a new one because the old one looks a bit shabby for using at work (and only there) and because Fjallraven is clever enough to heavily subsidize the price we at the outdoor shop have to pay for them.
The only thing I value more than my "Iceland", when in the woods, are my boots!
Remember, you wear the trousers the whole day, the jacket may come off.
I rather buy an expensive set of jacket and trousers from FR, and add a cheap poncho and gaiters, than shell out lots of dough on a Goretex and a Softshell jacket.
In fact, thats what I do!
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/index.ph...gloves-etc/Fjallraven-Greenland-Trousers.html
, but thouhgt it worth to add a few points after selling Fjallraven stuff for a living for 20-odd-years.
I prefer FR because of two reasons:
Outside all fashion (to which they have to succumb, too) they still produce clothes which can be worn hard and are available in whole unfashionable cuts which make them easy to wear when outside and not looking into a mirror. The later is, compared with other manufactures, an almost unique aproach.
The G-1000 fabric is very hardwearing, fast-drying and still quite lightweight.
These days there are many different trousers made by FR on the market, which differ mostly by price, features and - most important - the cut.
And the latter is, IMHO, the most important aspect when using one of these outside.
So have a look at the diferent ones:
Greenland: rather wide, "high waist" (according to FR, but lower as the high one of the Iceland), legs with straps
Barents: dito, no straps at the legs, but with reinforcement panel all over the ****! Excellent when sitting on a cold and wet ground!
Iceland: like Greenland, but with uncut legs and with a much higher waist, especially in the back! The most comfortable not only when you are a bit portly and dont want to appear like this in the wild and wet:
http://www.blunzn.com/uploads/mechaniker_dekoltee.serendipityThumb.jpg
Reivo: the cut is a bit slimmer, waist not as high as the Greenland less pockets, uncut legs, no reinforcements, much lower price and a very good choice if you want to wear them as an everyday-garment, too!
Karl: very low cut, tight fitting, completely unsuitable for anyone who wants to move unrestrecticted in the wilderness. (The best selling FR-trousers we have here in our shop in germany, to the extent that we regularly dont stock anything else because only this one will sell to the vast majority, (Dump buggers).
Cape Horn: similar to the Karl, but maybe not so extremly low cut.
Vidda: may be similar to the Barents, I have never tried them.
Some other comments:
The knife pocket of Iceland/Greenland is suitable for a classic scandinavian-style knife with a blade of less than 10.0cm, but you may have to try several.
Re-waxing is best done with a hair-dryer for melting the wax into the fabric. Its so much easier to control this process. Also ypour mum/wife wont go ballistic for you having glogged her expensive pressing-iron with wax. Likewise, put some layers of newspaper on the table before the waxing.
The more fashionable trousers, like the Karl, come unwaxed and with a "sanded" surface to make them more suitable for the shopping-mall.
Likewise, these do not have the standard 8!!! loops for the belt, which are a must-have for any good trouser.
In the last 25 years, I have never really worn out any of my trousers from FR. The worst I had, with my first one when I was younger, was a hole in one (I only kneel on the right one) of the knee reinforcements after eight years of use.
In between I only outgrew them and nowadays I buy a new one because the old one looks a bit shabby for using at work (and only there) and because Fjallraven is clever enough to heavily subsidize the price we at the outdoor shop have to pay for them.
The only thing I value more than my "Iceland", when in the woods, are my boots!
Remember, you wear the trousers the whole day, the jacket may come off.
I rather buy an expensive set of jacket and trousers from FR, and add a cheap poncho and gaiters, than shell out lots of dough on a Goretex and a Softshell jacket.
In fact, thats what I do!
