Do you actually use a cargo pocket?

[travistheone]

I can't stand cargo pockets. I get excited about a pair of pants and feel let down when I discover a cargo pocket.

How many folks actually put stuff in there?

[RobertTheTexan]

You prior service?


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[travistheone]

no - I am in sales, where unfortunately appearances matter.

[RobertTheTexan]

Ahhh... Well I can't speak for others. But I would tell you that from a practical perspective, I wouldn't have a pair of pants that didn't have cargo pockets. These days my pants (except my blue jeans and dress slacks) all have cargo pockets. When I'm at a client, I'll wear my Vertx Phamtom LW, they have a cargo pocket but only one small pleat so it naturally lays flat. I sent a pair to the cleaners to remove a stain, gun oil, and they accidentally did a light press and starch. The pants actually looked nice, but that's not quite my deal.
Point is, while I have non-cargo pants, I find the cargo pocket extremely useful and like it.


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[RobertTheTexan]

Things I have put in my cargo pockets
-gloves
-skull cap
- mags
- hat
- snacks
- water bottles
- beer (in my sordid past)
- small coffee thermos
- MRE crackers and cheese
- tools
- spare socks
- ammo
- cleaning kit
- bags of seeds
- cell phone
- cell phone chargers
- kindle
- radio/headset
- first aid stuff
- porno mags
- newspaper
- books
- toilet paper
- 100 mph tape
- an optic

Well you get the idea. That's stuff I have personally put in my pocket . So yeah I kinda like cargo pockets .


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[Outlander Systems]

This.

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Without pockets, regular pants are good for one thing, and one thing only: Not being naked.

But I would tell you that from a practical perspective, I wouldn't have a pair of pants that didn't have cargo pockets.

[sevenhelmet]

I use cargo pockets all the time and love 'em. At home (assuming not in blue jeans), I use cargo pockets most often for sunglasses, my knife, tissues, trash, and random stuff like small kids' toys. For a day out with my family, they're indispendable, especially because I don't like holding stuff when there isn't enough to justify a backpack, and fanny packs are gay. Hip pockets are for my phone and wallet (I don't do back-pocket wallet carry, have never liked it.) At work, I don't have cargo pockets per se, but I have multiple uniform pockets I use.

I also wear 5.11 brand pants sometimes. So I'm officially a mall ninja according to this site- factor that into my opinion as you see fit.

[donlapalma]

I don't buy cargo pants or shorts for how they look. I buy them for the extra pockets. I have other pants that I wear when I don't need the extra cargo space.

[contax_shooter]

My folded patrol cap always goes in the left cargo pocket. Gum, dog tags wrapped with 550 cord and chapstick goes into the right ankle pocket.

[yoni]

I used the cargo pocket on my left leg for a spare mag for my long gun and the left pocket was for misc. stuff a folding knife, police ball cap, flex cuffs.