These are super good looking shorts with nothing sticking out for a nice streamlined look.  In the picture of the Cypress shorts it looks as though the back pockets bulge, but they don't unless they have something in them.  The waist does have some gathered stretch to it, but not like geezer shorts.

I bought my husband the Cypress color which is a medium green.  Inexplicably, they do have one horizontal zipper on the left leg that has a thin bright orange placket.  I like the way it looks, but I am not sure everybody will.  I wasn't sure my husband would wear this color because until now he has always insisted on beige, beige, beige.  Surprisingly, he put them on when we went out to dinner last night.  And it wasn't because they were his only clean pair.

The fabric looks and feels like it will dry quickly, but doesn't look cheap.

I have been buying Columbia brand shorts for my husband for years and can't remember ever being disappointed.