P^Cubed Pants Review

By Terry Doyle

Originally designed with the adventure traveler in mind, the Pick Pocket Proof or P^Cubed Pants from Clothing Arts make great outdoor pants as well. Whether exploring a new country or simply out for a day hike, you can leave the backpack at home and securely store all the essentials on your person instead. 

The P^Cubed Pants are made from an extremely comfortable and tear-proof mid-weight canvas fabric comprised of 75% cotton and 25% nylon. The fabric is further treated with a DuPont Teflon fabric protector to help repel water, oil, and stains, while ensuring they remain wrinkle free.

I can see the pants becoming even more comfortable over time as you break them in and give them a few washes. The fabric feels lightweight and breathable enough that the P^Cubed Pants would be acceptable to wear even in hot and humid weather.

The pants feature six roomy pockets for storing all your essentials for the day. Two zippered front pockets hide an internal pouch to fit your cell phone or some cash. An outside flap can be buttoned over the top of the zipper for extra security.

Two button and zippered back pockets snap out to create even more room, enough to carry your climbing or hiking guide book while out on the trail. The left back pocket houses a further hidden zippered pocket to hide valuables such as your wallet or passport when traveling. 

Finally, two button cargo pockets have an extra security snap and are roomy enough to fit your camera, hat, gloves, or a whole bunch of snacks for the day. A separate water bottle attachment pouch can be buttoned virtually anywhere on your pants to ensure you stay hydrated and can hike hands free. 

With all the snaps, zippers, and buttons, the P^Cubed Pants are heavier than most hiking pants. If you do load down the pockets, I would recommend wearing a belt to keep them up, though there is an extra button flap to help cinch in the waist.

The P^Cubed Pants fit superbly. A tapered leg means the excess fabric won't flap around and get in your way when hiking or even scrambling. When ordering, you can choose both your waist and inseam size to ensure you get the perfect fit.  

Bottom Line: The Pick Pocket Proof Pants are not only tough enough to stand up to miles on the road, but these pants will comfortably see you through miles on the trail as well. 

The P^Cubed Pants come in three colors (green, grey,black) and retail for $110 from the Clothing Arts website. 

Clothing Arts has graciously offered to do a giveaway in conjunction with our review. For a chance to win your own pair of P^Cubed Pants, leave a comment below telling us where you and your Pick Pocket Proof Pants would go!

UPDATE: Congrats to our P^Cubed Pants winner- Steve Welleman!

Comments

[Tom Prager]

Amtrak OC >< Japan) … I could use several pairs of these P^Cubeds now that I think of it!

[Tom Prager]

Amtrak OC >< Japan) … I could use several pairs of these P^Cubeds now that I think of it!

[Henrik Van Ryzin]

I'd make these my go-to adventure pants. Planned adventures for next year: New England, Kauai camping, and Old (and original!) England.

[vuddha]

I'd use them for travel. They sound perfect for that.

[MTFreeskier]

These look great for early and late season hiking around Montana's Bitterroot Valley which is exactly what I would be doing in them.

[Joe Spaniol, "Snagz"]

I would use the P^Cubed pants up in the Minnessota Boundary Waters (BWCA)! Looks like they could carry everything you'd need for a day trip :)

[Steve Weileman]

I certainly could use a pair on my upcoming trip to Alaska.

[Darcy Rusel]

These well-designed and functional pants would be used for work, adventure and quick get-aways! Where wouldn't you use them...?

[Mark]

These would be perfect for the Everest base camp trip.
It would hold all my papers, camera, day snacks and water bottle daily, for the 3 week trek.

[Justin Banz]

These would be great for my upcoming trip to Australia! Of course I'd use them on every trip, Hawaii jungle, Europe backpacking, Indo, the list goes on!

[Steven Maul]

These would be a must for the bus ride up to Medora ND and the 1120 mile hike back home that I have planned for late summer 2012! I could fill up the pockets with the small stuff that normally works its way down to the bottom of my pack. Ha Ha sunscreen! You thought that you could hide way down in there!

[Dave]

These pants are a photographers dream! No need for a backpack for short shoots!

[Krishna]

I would like to go backpacking to SouthAmerica in these pants.

[Luke Boydston]

I would wear these on my trip to Yosemite!!! They look like they'd hold up with what I'd put them through!!!!

[Timandtabea]

I would love to visit my sister and her family in South America! I love how functional they are and how they are versatile for adventures in the jungle to shopping at the market.

[Jenny Haas]

A great fitting, comfortable pair of pants - like these P^Cubeds is just what Santa should leave under my tree.

[Mommydoll13]

They would go in a box and under the christmas tree .. for my hubby

and he would wear them to work ..

dollhousecreation(at)gmail(dot)com

[Tim @ Appalachia & Beyond]

I'd wear these on all sorts of trails here in East Tennessee.

[Amy Jurries]

Thanks for all the great entries everyone! Since you are all awesome and to be fair, we used a random number generator to pick the winner. And the winner is...... STEVE WELLEMAN! Congrats Steve! Drop me an email with your address and preferred sizing, and we will get your P^Cubed Pants sent out to you right away.

Thanks again everyone!

[Steve Weileman]

This is awesome. Thanks guys, much appreciated!