Stretch airs, not all there cracked up to be?

[Jay]

i have got some stretch airs and i dont think there all they are cracked up to be, they are so much hotter than the hi flex trousers and alot more bulky, the stitching is terrible mine are all frayed around the knee patches. the worst bit is around the flies, the stiching on mine came out after a couple of days and now are afunny shape. and then there is the massive saw dust bucket on the back, which is just a funnel for saw dust to get in your trousers and annoy you all day. Has anyone else had problems with the stitching or any other problems with them.

 

Jay

[Steve Bullman]

had mine going on nearly 2 years now, no problems here, will be buying another pair for sure

[bob]

i like mine 3rd pair no stitching probs all other lads wear hi flex i dont think there hotter at all at least a bit of air gets round my only issue is that sawdust sometimes sticks to the insides and my bum looks better in hi flex

[Paul Barton]

I would agree that they are a bit hotter and bulkier and I have also had some stitching go around the flies as well.

 

However, hiflex only seem to last a year - they rip so easily. My stretch airs are a year old and still going strong - they'll easily last two.

[John Shutler]

i used to love the highflex,but ended up doing a pair every 6 months.ive had my stretchairs nearly a year now and wouldnt go back.i used to have the red stretchairs and changed from them to the highflexs because i didnt think the construction was that great but they seem to have sorted it

[Tim Williams]

have never had stretch air but a lot of the lads i work with have had them and have had similar problems with the stitching in the crotch area, one has had them restitched numerous times but rates the actual fabric for its hardweariness. I personally have had the stihl hiflex since they came out and really rate them.

[Ian Leach]

Always had hiflex never thought about changing they do there job. Always good and bad points for anything really.

[Jamie]

i'm on my second pair of stretch airs in 4 years, the first lasted a year and 3/4s, this pair are still going strong. the fabiric is really hard wearing. my first pair went at teh crotch after extended belt wearing, this pair have been fine and i've worn braces with them all the time. they have a few small rips and the leg pocket came un stitched but they still look pretty presentable 2 years on.

 

my only problem, its hard to justify a new pair

 

Jamie

[treewizard]

have the exact same problem as you mate now i hate them, got a pair of hiflex now 1 1/2 years old still going strong, use my airs as a spare pair

[High Scale]

Some of the stitching on the Stretch Airs is pretty crap and for the money they cost it should be bomb proof.

 

But saying that mine are over two years old and are only now just starting to look like they are, I will be buying another pair.