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Recommended Men’s Long Pants.

Recommended Men’s Long Pants.

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For years I have been shopping trying to find a near perfect men’s long leg pants. I have been so disappointed over past years not finding a good solution.  I finally found one. It is a Stylus “5 pocket pant”, slim fit at JC Penney.  I was very careful at first, just buying one and trying it out for months.  I just could not find anything wrong.  Then I purchased more.
Here is why I really like these pants:

  • The fit to my body is perfect.  I buy “slim fit”.   These pants fit perfectly.  Make sure you try out the correct fit for your body.
  • The fabric is excellent:
    • Fabric is tight.
    • Fabric is smooth.  I can wear a single pair of these pants for a week and it does not show any indication that they should be laundered!
    • Fabric is light weight.  I never feel these pants tugging any part of my body.
    • I love black color because it is neutral.  Almost all my pants are black.  These pants are a terrific black!
  • I demand at lease 4 pockets.  These pants have 5 pockets!  The 5th pocket is a rather small pocket on the front right side just in front of the main large right pocket.  This “small” pocket is large.  I use is to slide in my car and house keys.   For me, this was just one more positive point.
  • A very common problem with almost every other men’s pants is the top of the pants belt type lock, typically a slit hole on the left top at belt level followed by a large pin on the right side.  Another option is to see the two sides of the pants top snap together.  I refuse to buy the snap fastener because I have seen too many fail.

 

CAUTION:  I have the impression that JC Penney has no idea that they have a winner, near perfect product.  I can not find this pant in my size in the local stores.  I have to order it to be delivered to a local JC Penney store.

NOTE:  JC Penney has a good return policy.

Stylus 5 Pocket Mens Slim Fit Flat Front Pant

 

Posted: 6-12-2024
Posted by:  Score Card

 

Men’s Jacket Manufacturers Seem To Not Understand.

Men’s Jacket Manufacturers Seem To Not Understand.

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Men’s jacket manufacturers seem to be making a mistake for me at my location for the following reasons.

I live in a rather temperate climate.

  • Average highs of 60°F (15.6°C) to 68°F (20°C) 
  • Average lows of 45°F (7.2°C) to 55°F (12.8°C).

I have been looking for the proper jacket for my location but all the stores near me have been a disappointment:

  • Macy’s = Cincinnati, OH
  • Burlington Coat Factory = New Jersey
  • Target = Minneapolis, MN
  • JC Penney = Plano, Texas
  • Kohl’s. = Menomonee Falls, WI
  • Nordstrom. = Seattle, WA
  • 32 Degrees =  New York, NY

As you can see the corporate headquarters are usually located in very cold winter climates.  My guess is they might expect everyone in the United States to have really cold winters.  My location seldom gets that cold and finding a jacket for my location has been a challenge.

Typical reason why jackets have not fulfilled my requirement is they all seem to be way too heavy and thus feeling way too hot to wear for my winter climate.  I think the usual reason is the company headquarters, who is selling these jackets, is located in a much colder climate and they seem to lack some concern for people living in other warmer locations.

My ideal jacket:

  • Thin outer shell
  • Wind resistant
  • Moisture resistant
  • Two rather large outside pockets zippered
  • One high outside breast pocket zippered.
  • Two inside large pockets.
  • Under arm zipper vents.
  • Back air vent.  (This is a very unusual feature.  My bicycle jacket has this.
  • Full front metal zipper with wind protection flap.  
  • Optional hood 
  • Sleeve thumb holes or velcro sleeve ends or good elastic sleeve ends.

After looking for days for my almost ideal jacket I did find one.  I found it at Target:  Men’s Woven Fleece Jacket – All in Motion™

  • Made for: cold weather, everyday wear
  • Moves with: ultra-warm, woven fleece fabric
  • Must-have features: side zip pockets, chest zip pocket, full-front zipper with high collar and hood, water-repellent construction, stretch thumbhole cuffs.
  • But, the zipper on this jacket is made of plastic and I have had two failures.  It takes a long time to get the zipper back working again.

This jacket is not ideal but when almost all the jacket manufacturers seem to be out of touch, this jacket, so far, works for me.

  • Thin outer shell. YES
  • Wind resistant. YES
  • Moisture resistant. YES
  • Two rather large outside pockets zippered.  YES
  • One high breast pocket zippered. YES
  • Two inside large pockets.  NO
  • Under arm zipper vents.  NO
  • Back air vent.  NO
  • Full front zipper with wind protection flap.  YES
  • Optional hood. YES
  • Sleeve thumb holes.  YES

March 6, 2021 I just discovered a near perfect jacket that is almost meets all my needs.  It is 32 Cool that I found at COSTCO.  But, so far I can NOT find any identification as to the item number that helps me to help you find it.  I picked a blue color, “NAVY” which has a very bright red inner liner.  The COSTCO item number is “1484906”.  Caution:  32 Cool fails to show this jacket item number.  COSTCO web site fails to show this item number in stock.  A COSTCO employee told me that the item number “1484906” did show in his store inventory but might not show as an inventory item in another store location.  You might want to call your local COSTCO to see if they have this in stock and confirm it is this jacket.  Also, this jacket is a seasonal item and I expect it to disappear from their current stock soon.

  • Thin outer shell. YES
  • Wind resistant. YES
  • Moisture resistant. YES
  • Two rather large outside pockets zippered.  YES
  • One high breast pocket zippered. YES
  • Two inside large pockets.  YES
  • Under arm zipper vents.  NO
  • Back air vent.  NO
  • Full front metal zipper with wind protection flap.  YES
  • Optional hood. YES
  • Sleeve thumb holes or velcro sleeve ends or good elastic sleeve ends.   YES. (It does have velcro at the end of both arm sleeves.)

 

 

 

 

 

Posted:  March 6, 2021

Near Perfect Men’s Pajamas

Near Perfect Men’s Pajamas

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For the longest time I have been annoyed with the pajamas I had and I had over five different ones. I put together a short list of features I was looking for on my cell phone to do list application.

No fly
Pockets
Terrific waist band
Draw string

When went to a store that sold men’s pajamas I would check out their selection. At Target I finally found near perfect pajamas made by Hanesbrands. But, by fortunate mistake, they are not pajamas. It seemed someone at Target put a pair in the sleep wear section and that is how I discovered them.  Here is the formal description for the two pair I purchased:

Men’s Soft Touch Jogger Pants – C9 Champion®

Target Search by: 041-06-1693 (seems a bit thicker fabric for cooler weather.)
Target ?Search by: 041-06-1361 (seems a bit thinner fabric for warmer weather.)
My cost was $29.99 each.  September 2019.

Evaluation: The fabric is very soft. The waist band is near perfect for my 32 inch waist with a medium size so the draw string is not needed most of the time. The waist band is wide which improves it’s comfort upon my waist. The draw string is elastic and does not cut into my belly when tightened. The leg fabric is tapered and elastic around the ankles is so tight the fabric does not ride upward when in bed. I love the two front pockets because when I get out of bed, I slide my phone into one of the pockets. There is a zippered rear pocket which I have yet to use. Because these pants are considered jogger pants, I feel quite comfortable going out side to pick up my newspapers in the morning. In bed, these “pajamas” are near perfect for me.  Also, you could wear these pants to the gym or go out jogging.  Women should consider this option too.

American Stitch Alleged Flawed Product, In My Opinion

American Stitch Alleged Flawed Product, In My Opinion

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You hear people sometimes say “buyer beware”. In my mind, it means buyer can get screwed. It happened to me. It all started when I was shopping in a store that offers coats, and clothing that are over stock at apparent discount price. You can some times get great value and find items that are for the wrong season of the year in a store like this. I was looking for a casual long sleeve, pull over, collar shirt. I found two, one from Levi and the other from American Stitch. American means nothing as the shirt was made in China.  When I washed the two shirts together the American Stitch bled into the Levi shirt.

 

I checked the care label on the American Stitch and it said dry clean only! I was shocked. The shirt was a casual shirt, not formal. Who in their right mind would make and sell a shirt like this? Why was there not a label on the front of the shirt that shows “Dry Clean Only”?

I went to my local dry cleaner store and the shop owner told me he would charge me $6.27 to dry clean the American Stitch shirt! This is incredibly wrong! I will not keep the American Stitch shirt for obvious reasons. I will get rid of the Levi shirt as it is now damaged. I paid a total of $37.69 for both shirts so I lost that money due to American Stitch selling an alleged AWFUL product. The dry cleaning store owner lectured me that a lot of foreign Internet shirts are not color fast fabric.

I sent the company a complaint letter and here is their reply:

I there, please read the care instructions prior to washing garments.

The care label clearly states this garment must be dry cleaned.

If you washed it in the washing machine, that is likely why you have a problem.

Thank you

My reply:

You totally miss the point. I have never had to read the care label on any casual shirt I buy. Your company is outside the norm, in my opinion. What idiotic company creates a casual shirt that requires dry cleaning? A really stupid product.

I should have added, why sell a casual shirt that requires the owner taking the shirt to a dry cleaner and paying over $6 to get it cleaned?

Summary:  I do NOT recommend American Stitch products.

Posted January 12, 2019
Updated January 14, 2019