One of my first concerns was how much force the snaps needed to unsnap. Would my gun fall out or would it take a little too much force to pop them? I found the force necessary was perfect. The way the gun sits is quite secure and it’s not coming out of there unless you want it to.

There’s nothing more casual than putting your hands in your pockets. If you’re in a situation you think is escalating, you can have a ready-to-draw handgun without displaying it and if the situation calms down, you’re out nothing.

Another handy benefit is how easy it is to draw sitting down. If you are at eating at a booth in a restaurant, pulling a gun from under your shirt can be problematic especially if there’s not a lot of room to move around. This system allows total access, at a faster speed, to your gun than any other system I can think of, perhaps even better than open carry. Generally, a draw from the outer leg is more natural than a draw from the hip. This is reinforced by the increasing popularity of ‘drop leg’ style holsters in the military and recently law enforcement.

Now that we’ve gotten the tacticool stuff out of the way these are pants after all. It doesn’t matter how great they work if they aren’t comfortable. They are made of 100% cotton, are machine washable and feel great. You can choose from four styles and colors, all of which I would consider being totally appropriate for business casual wear.

The two styles I received were business casual khaki and business black. Since my home state of Florida is pretty darn hot, I usually opt for lighter colored clothing, so most of my testing took place wearing the khaki. It was a really strange sensation not carrying IWB, but still having my gun with me. I did a lot of trots walking up to my hallway mirror, twisting in front of it, and so forth to see how much printing the pants might do. I was pleasantly surprised. There’s virtually zero printing on the khaki color and with the black, it’s impossible to see anything at all. I could have hand grenades in there and nobody would know.

The only trade-off is that the pants are just slightly “poofier” below the front waistline0 which really is a fair trade, especially for the extra mobility you have when doing stuff like squatting, bending over, etc.