these pants are the best rain snow cold rain gear to and get use it all the time. waether its cold or wet i am dry no problem. working out side in the elaments all day long the last thing you want is be wet while working.last week in one day it rained 4.50 inches  and working in that for 10 hours strait in muddy wet places and by the end of the day i was complity dry. have owned this and the matching  jacket. Amazon by far has the best price for the carhartt rain gear and the cheapest. i had searched for 2months for the best price amazon own carhartt page