LL Bean's Parker

[edgarspencer]

If it's too cold to wear my Allegash shorts, I'm in a pair of Bean jeans. 365.
So what they're made in Mexico; ALL jeans are made in Mexico. I was disappointed when they went to five belt loops from seven, and said as much to the sales woman. She took my name and telephone number, and called me two weeks later to say she found me four pairs from several other stores, which I bought right then and there. I get enough Bean Bucks back on my credit card to get a new pair every couple of months. I can't get that kind of attention anywhere else.

[Dan]

In my opinion the very best pants ever sold by LL Bean were the "Comfort Waist" flannel lined jeans. with the stretch in the waist you could order your normal waist size for fair weather and when the cold really started to set in you could start to layer your clothing and the stretch waist was accommodating. Now I have to look for used ones on EBAY.

As far as hunting boots are concerned I had a pair of Browning manufactured leather boots tht I wore daily for probably 20 years without the laces ever needing to be replaced, when I wore the soles down to having holes in them I took the boots into my hunting woods, climbed high into a cedar tree and zip tied them to a limb, I just didn't have the heart to toss them in the trash after they carted me around for so many years.

[Steve Hodges]

You are right about the flannel lined jeans. Wore out several pairs of them !