[ChuckMcM]

Interestingly I have a pair of pants (these: https://www.duluthtrading.com/mens-duluthflex-dry-on-the-fly..., see pocket detail here: https://www.duluthtrading.com/dw/image/v2/BBNM_PRD/on/demand...)

They implement this pocket strategy and work well for me. The author would likely be interested to know that this topic was covered in detail as an engineering exercise in NASA flight suits. More functional pockets for people strapped into a vehicle.

One of the more interesting innovations was a pocket on the top of the thigh for holding flight checklists or maps. It had a clear cover so that what was inside the pocket could be viewed without taking it out. A phone pocket like that would be pretty cool (and way nerdy but hey, if the pocket fits ... :-))

[tgb]

I recall clicking a Duluth Trading link from a thread not so unlike this on HN years ago and then being followed by ads for their jeans across the internet for at least a year. Of course, I remember that just after clicking your link.

[eli]

Probably google ads. You can click the little x in the corner and make that particular ad go away.

[skinkestek]

Lucky you people: I've been followed around the web for over ten years with Google ads for scammy dating sites (since Zoosk if anyone can remember that).

When I click the x I only get another scammy dating site.

And unlike GP I cannot remember visiting one in the first place :-/

[mavhc]

Can't you change your google ad preferences?

[skinkestek]

Doesn't help it seems. I've tried at least twice.

[williadc]

Head's up to anyone considering these pants, as I did -- reading the reviews, it appears they changed the design of these pants recently, replacing some of the zippers with velcro, and using different material. It doesn't appear to be popular with their audience.

[WalterBright]

I was always envious of my dad's AF flight suits in the 1960s. Zippered pockets everywhere. There was even a knee clipboard!

[close04]

I can't tell from that detailed picture but can you reach the bottom of the pocket without leaning over? Because both the diagram and the picture of the pants in the current submission suggests that without leaning over you could maybe grab your phone with the tip of your fingers. Could you for example use the pockets to warm up your hands?

Also the lower the pocket is, the higher the chance stuff will jiggle around if you run or simply walk faster, because it has more room to do it down the leg and the range of motion is wider. Is this the case with the phone in one of these pockets?

[throwlogon]

Do the Duluth trousers "anchor the bottom of the pocket bag to the side seam" as well? To me this seems like a clever solution that I haven't seen before.

[ChuckMcM]

Not anchored.

[hinkley]

Does Duluth have a single pair of pants without synthetic fibers at this point? Trying to cut down my micro plastics footprint. (My base layers can be drip dried, which makes them less problematic)

[bobsil1]

Clear forearm pockets for commandos… clear tank bags for motorcycle maps…

[metaphor]

> They implement this pocket strategy and work well for me.

Superficially, perhaps. But the zipper inclusion makes your example the "strategic" difference that properly considers the importance of what might be stored in such a pocket. IMHO, the author's approach is overshadowed by cost cutting, where the narrative serves to distract the reader with discourse on "method" that doesn't quite align with the original problem description.