Bought a pair sized as Large a while back only to find out like just about everyone else that the size rating is OVERLY generous (or is it conservative?). Extremely loose as received; provides way too much room for waist, although the length is quite good. I had no choice but to bring in the beltline button to cinch things up a bit (the button can only move so far without looking totally ridiculous). Which it DID indeed work...to a point, but at least now the shorts aren't quite so willing fall completely down my legs when without a belt. At the same time I did this patchwork 'surgery' I also noted that all of the button stitching throughout was poorly done, so I ended up reinforcing each the buttons on this pair of cargo shorts with added stitching. The digital camo pattern looks good but is a bit brighter than other Rothco-sourced ACU patterned clothing I have; really not a close match (but I find more appealing in look than with the earlier ACU shirts and hats). Otherwise the shorts are actually pretty good and comfortable to wear, enough so that I actually decided that I wanted at least one additional backup pair.

When it came time to place the order for two added sets, instead of ordering both in the same Large size I went with one each in a Large and a Medium. I knew straight off that I could make the Large pair work even if it meant added work for me, but I wanted and hoped to see if the smaller size would fit better. Turns out that it didn't; the Medium was far shorter in length than I expected to be, and the waistline was simply too tight. It's very much like there's a significant size gap between these two that there's no happy mid point for in-betweeners like me. There's always that drama in sizing when ordering clothing online when there's no chance to first sample the product locally; the sizing chart Amazon provides is next to useless and one can only hope that the manufacturer's definition of Small, Medium, Large, etc., is something close to what we in the Real World use. In this regard I've had better luck with Rothco's shirts in the past, but apparently that level of accuracy didn't transfer over to this pair of shorts.

If it weren't for the problems with sizing, I likely would've given this product AT LEAST 4 stars. Right now it feels rather generous laying out the 3 stars that I finally did settled on.