To start with, while I give this product 3 stars, I give the vender's customer service 5 stars. I received the 'Arctix 1960 Classic Cargo Men's Snow Pants' with four flaws. Flaw #1: The inside of one of the zippered pockets came apart as I placed my hand into the pocket . . had to resew. Flaw #2: Both zippered pockets had holes in the bottom where the zippers are attached . . . ditto. Flaw #3: The flap over the fly did not completely cover the upper part of the zipper making it questionable whether the zipper would stay zipped. Flaw #4: It looks like the stress areas on the pants are single stitched & not double stitched. In addition, I did not expect the pant's to be made from such light weight nylon and polyester. However, the vender was  very quick to respond to my concerns, showed a willingness to accomodate, ie. refund or product replacement, and informed me that they would be contacting the manufacturer. In retrospect, I may just have been the unlucky customer who received a product that slipped passed their quality control. Finally, the pants did hold up during snowsoeing and x-c skiing.