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I was speaking to a 5.11 sales rep a few weeks ago, and he told me of a design feature on the 5.11 tactical pants that I did not know about. Some of you probably already know this, but it was new to me...
If you turn your 5.11 (the old "Royal Robbins") pants inside out, there is a an open pouch under each knee pad. It is designed so you can slide a pair of neoprene knee pads in there. The feature has been there in the Royal Robbins/5.11 pants manufactured for the last ten years.
You can get the pads from Brigade and the Cav store, among other suppliers. Here is a link to Quartermaster:
http://www.qmuniforms.com/itemdy00.asp?T1=S69+2348&Cat=
You could also probably use neoprene wet suit material and cut it to fit.
I bought a pair, and they are extremely comfortable when bending/kneeling down, such as taking a kneeling shooting position on the range, doing manual labor, or when grappling. They also don't cut into the back of your knees as tactical pads with knee straps do. This is a good thing if you have bad knees, as most of us old guys do.
There used to be a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gi that incorporated the same feature, which were very comfortable. They were made by Padilla and Son, which apparently has gone out of business. I heard he was making the gis sold by www.bjjtapes.com (which are a very good buy at $50), but I don;t know if they incorporate the knee pad feature.
Cool feature, very comfortable.
If you turn your 5.11 (the old "Royal Robbins") pants inside out, there is a an open pouch under each knee pad. It is designed so you can slide a pair of neoprene knee pads in there. The feature has been there in the Royal Robbins/5.11 pants manufactured for the last ten years.
You can get the pads from Brigade and the Cav store, among other suppliers. Here is a link to Quartermaster:
http://www.qmuniforms.com/itemdy00.asp?T1=S69+2348&Cat=
You could also probably use neoprene wet suit material and cut it to fit.
I bought a pair, and they are extremely comfortable when bending/kneeling down, such as taking a kneeling shooting position on the range, doing manual labor, or when grappling. They also don't cut into the back of your knees as tactical pads with knee straps do. This is a good thing if you have bad knees, as most of us old guys do.
There used to be a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gi that incorporated the same feature, which were very comfortable. They were made by Padilla and Son, which apparently has gone out of business. I heard he was making the gis sold by www.bjjtapes.com (which are a very good buy at $50), but I don;t know if they incorporate the knee pad feature.
Cool feature, very comfortable.