Hardcore Canadian™ Snow Pants/BIB

Hardcore Canadian™ Snow Pants/BIB

Looks to be well made and quality materials, cannot judge the performance as it was at end of season.

Sizing is pretty true to size for me (athletic build). I'm sorta between sizes or at the top end of medium/between med/lg by measurements usually so I went up a size to large (I'm 5'9", 170) thinking it would allow room to layer. The lg were a bit too big and baggy for me so I had to send em back and get the mediums. The medium fit nice and seem to be warm enough to not really need to have multiple layers underneath. Just a pair of sweat pants and they're good. They block the wind very nicely. I use them for ice fishing and it was pretty windy on the lake the last couple times and never had issues with wind cutting through them. I was too warm sometimes but I could just unzip from the top near my hip down my leg and it worked nicely to ventilate and dump some heat. They're not rated to be water proof (they are water resistant) but the knees have extra material and kneeling on the wet snow/slush never seemed to be an issue. I don't remember my knees feeling wet through them or anything. So that's been nice. Overall I like them a lot. I do have 1 grievance with the Bib pants though. They have a snow/powder skirt for around your boot. Great right? Yes except the first time I put them on my foot caught the skirt and the skirt hem where it attaches to the pant leg on the inside is a pretty chinsey hem. It's weak... And it ripped at the hemmed seam. Kind of a p**s off. And I must say I wasn't putting them on aggressively or anything, I was being fairly careful. I really can't believe they ripped that easily if I am being honest, pretty disappointed when I actually looked at the hemmed seam for the snow skirt and how weak it is. They should probably redesign it with some re-enforcement for strength or something. There's no way I'm the only person this has happened too. Long story short, great pants. But be very mindful and careful with the snow skirts around the boots. They will rip quite easily.

I did buy the jacket as well but haven't used it out yet. I only tried it on. I find the arms are kind of tight with a hoodie on and I by no means have big arms or anything. I really don't know why they do that with the arms. Oh well. Otherwise it fits well and if the Bib pants are any indication, the jacket will serve me well.

Maybe I should try to put in a warranty claim for the torn skirt on the Bib pants I don't know...

So not size up but your size there is plenty of room for layering but product is very warm

Hardcore Canadian™ Snow Pants/BIB