the truck, I could feel air moving
through the pants and that went
a long way towards keeping me
cool. When the breeze did blow,
even standing still I could feel it.
Plenty of squeegee pockets were
handy, though luckily the paint was
good enough that I didn’t really
need them.
to say I have a soft spot for anything that matches my old
Renegades is putting it mildly.
It was 94 degrees, sunny and humid on the day I broke
out the UNDR Operators for their first test. Naturally –
it’s summer in the South after all. I think the heat index
hit a solid 101. The first issue I noticed was that while I
might have been wearing the same camo pattern I did
when I won my first tournament, I’m not in the shape I
was back in college. Luckily for me, the Operators were
there to help. The adjustable waist tabs let me tailor the
pants to fit me and the cheeseburgers, and the ventilation
on these things is absolutely dead-solid perfect. Every
time I moved, even simply walking from the air station to
Zippered pockets in the front of
UNDR’s Operator pants kept a
spare wrench and a couple of
bucks for an undercooked hot dog
and a Gatorade safe, while the
heavily padded knees stayed right
where they needed to be to both
protect my not-as-young-as-theyused-to-be knees and encourage
the occasional long-range bounce
while standing up or moving from
spot to spot. The adjustable cuffs
came in handy too, as I was playing
in the woods and I didn’t need
anything getting in there I didn’t
invite. For shorter players these
will also help keep the back of the
bottom of these pants from being
walked-on and ground up by
cleats on parking lots. Ask me how
I know. Did I mention the amazing
ventilation? So good. I’m talking
air-conditioned crotch here. This
was the first set of paintball pants
I’ve worn in a while that, on a hot day, I couldn’t wait to get
off the field and drag down around my ankles to cool off
while I filled pods. Ask Viper, he knows. I think he likes it.
Bottom line: if you’re not going to buy paintball gear
from Chris and UNDR simply because he’s a great man
who loves the game and oh by the way fought for our
freedom, that’s cool because his product stands on its
own feet. His Operator pants are durably made, light,
comfortable and extremely well ventilated. Movement
while running, crouching, sliding, kneeling, crawling and
leaning is unencumbered and the pants don’t bind, pinch
or otherwise make the wearer uncomfortable. When
shopping for a new set of paintball pants, add UNDR to
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