1-Star Review: Carhartt Relaxed Straight Force Ripstop Cargo Pant (105296) - Known Defective Belt Loops + Customer Service That Ignores Its Own Warnings Carhartt sells these as men's working pants that should take a standard 1.5" work belt. They do not. The front two belt loops are absurdly undersized because of the "utility loops at front" design. Every other loop is normal and functional. The two that actually matter for a real belt are so tight a standard 1.5" belt barely scrapes through once - if it goes through at all - and there is zero chance of tucking the tail. Multiple other buyers have reported the exact same problem. This is not a one-off sewing error. I contacted customer service when I ordered replacements, gave the original order number, and told them Jason had already classified the first pair as a known defective product. The agent disregarded it. The replacements arrived with the identical defect. So now I have multiple pairs of pants that cannot do the most basic job a work pant is supposed to do: hold a belt. I have to return everything and start over while they "investigate" a problem they already knew about. If these pants are only intended for a thin 1"-1.25" dress belt, say so in the product description. Do not market them as work pants and then ship the same defective design twice after a customer explicitly flags it. Carhartt used to stand for gear that works. This experience is the opposite: a design flaw they already documented internally, followed by customer service that treats the warning like it never happened. Avoid this specific model unless you enjoy fighting your own belt every morning.

I love these pants, I first discovered them when I had to be issued civilian clothes to blend in during a deployment to desert. I love how well they held up and how breathable they were in the extreme temperatures that we were in. I literally wore these pants till they began to fall into disrepair. I have now began my entrepreneurial journey into operation of my own excavation business and knew I needed something durable and breathable again so I bought a few more pairs. I wish I would have stepped down a size in the length as I though my previous pairs had shrank lengthwise more than these have but other than that I love these things.

Good fit. Very comfortable. Light weight, breathable. Perfect for working in hot weather. Just ordered a second pair.

The utility loops on the front belt loops are made using the material from the belt loops. So instead of having normal sized belt loops in front you have a tiny utility loop and a small belt loop. This makes using a thick leather work belt very difficult. It's very tight going through the first time and there's no chance of tucking the tail of the belt in afterwards.

Super Cargohose in Ripstop! Ich trag sie nur noch. Klare Kaufempfehlung!