I wore mine on the trip to California and back. They fit nicely, are comfortable in both cold and hot weather and the pockets hold lots of stuff. The only drawbacks are that they are a bit heavy and take a long time to dry after you wash them or get rained on.

I cannot attest to their performance in a crash as I have, to this point at least, successfully endeavored to avoid that comprehensive a test.

We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.