Now that I've had a pair of Duluth firehose pants in the work rotation for a couple years now that have seen some hard use I can say that they have held up great and get more comfortable the older they are. But I've been wearing Cargo pants since Vietnam Era baggy Army Pants hit Surplus stores back in the day because I like the style . I just got another pair of Black ones like my first pair. I have several pairs of Carharts too, just had a pretty new pair have the waist button fall apart. That's kinda bullshit.