These shorts are cool and comfortable.  Very good deal for the money.  They keep you nice and dry during sweaty workouts.  Some reviewers mentioned that they are somewhat see through.  Well when you hold them up to the light they are.  But when you put them against your skin they are absolutely not see through, because you need a good bit of light for that to occur.  If you have something glowing in your naughty bits region then they'll probably be see through, and you should get to the ER pronto.  I have been wearing these in the gym for over a month and no one has cited me for indecent exposure.  I wear nothing underneath but a jockstrap (a white one) and I cannot see it through these shorts at all.  So don't base your decision to buy these on their sheerness level which is only a conditional occurence.