Cargo Shorts Military Big Sizes Street Fashion Casual Shorts

Six pockets, so nothing ends up in your hands.

Most summer shorts give you two shallow front pockets and nothing else. Phone in one, keys in the other, and the multi-tool, the tape and the pocket knife end up on the ute seat — which is where they stay when you drive off.

These are cut the old way. Two front slash pockets, two buttoned cargo pockets on the thighs, two buttoned flap pockets on the seat. Cotton, a zip fly, belt loops all round, and a wide mid-rise cut with room through the seat and thigh.

The listing calls them big sizes, and the range does run to 44 — but read the chart before you order. The supplier's own numbers put the top size at a 104 cm (1040 mm) waist, and past about size 32 the number on the label stops matching the measurement. Buy off the tape, not off the number you usually wear.

What It Does

• Carries the small stuff: six pockets, four of them buttoned, so a phone, keys, a multi-tool and a folded rag all have somewhere to sit.
• Stays where you put it: zip fly, button waistband and belt loops all round, so it does not slide down when the cargo pockets are loaded.
• Gives you room to work: a wide, mid-rise cut through the seat and thigh — you can squat, kneel and get in and out of a cab in them.
• Covers to the knee: an outseam of 50 cm (500 mm) on the smallest size and 59 cm (590 mm) on the largest, so the cut is knee length on most blokes.
• Three patterns to pick from: green woodland, khaki desert and a grey-and-white urban pattern.

Key Features

• Six pockets: two front slash, two buttoned cargo flaps on the thighs, two buttoned flap pockets on the seat.
• Cotton fabric: the supplier states cotton. The blend percentage and the fabric weight are not specified.
• Zip fly and button: a metal zip fly with a single button at the waistband.
• Double-needle stitching: the supplier's own detail panel shows twin stitching on the main seams and where the pocket panels join.
• Trimmed pocket flaps: the cargo flap edges are bound in a contrasting trim rather than raw hemmed.
• Belt loops all round: the belt shown in the photographs is not specified as included, but any belt you already own will go through.
• Twelve sizes: from 29 through to 44, in all three colourways, on one measurement chart.
• Mid rise, wide cut: sits on the waist rather than the hip, and is cut loose rather than tapered.

Limits

• Not workwear and not PPE: there is no cut, flame or abrasion rating, no standard is printed on the garment, and no certificate was sighted. Treat them as casual shorts, not site trousers.
• No military connection: "military" here describes a camouflage pattern and a pocket layout. Nothing about these shorts is issued kit and they carry no defence approval of any kind.
• The size number is not your waist: the chart puts size 44 at a 104 cm (1040 mm) waist. If you need more room than that, this range does not go there.
• Weight bands and waist figures disagree: the supplier pairs size 44 with 108 to 115 kg, but pairs it with a 104 cm (1040 mm) waist. Two people at the same weight carry it differently. Where the two disagree, go by the waist figure.
• The chart prints no unit: and it does not say whether the figures are body measurements or the flat garment. Read them as centimetres and leave yourself a little room.
• No thigh or inseam figure: the supplier gives waist, hip and length only. Fabric weight, care instructions and country of manufacture are not stated either.
• Camouflage is not a safety colour: these are made to blend in. If you need to be seen — roadside, around machinery, in hunting country — put hi-vis over the top.
• No sun rating: cotton in a camouflage print is not a rated sun garment. No UPF figure is printed on it and none is claimed here.

Q & A

I am 110 kg. Will the size 44 fit me?

Maybe, and the honest answer is that weight will not tell you. The supplier pairs size 44 with 108 to 115 kg, but the same chart puts size 44 at a 104 cm (1040 mm) waist. Run a tape around your waist where the shorts will sit and match that number against the chart below.

Do they run small for a listing sold on big sizes?

Past about size 32 the label and the measurement drift apart. The chart's size 40 is a 100 cm (1000 mm) waist and its size 44 is 104 cm (1040 mm) — both smaller than the label number suggests to an Australian buyer. Below size 32 the two track each other reasonably well.

Is the belt included?

The supplier does not list a belt as part of the item, so plan on the shorts only. Belt loops are fitted all round and take a standard belt.

What are they made of?

Cotton. The supplier does not state the blend percentage, the fabric weight or the care instructions.

Are they actually knee length?

The chart gives an outseam of 50 cm (500 mm) on size 29 and 59 cm (590 mm) on size 44. On most blokes that lands at or just above the knee, and it gets longer as the sizes go up.

Can I wear them on site?

Not as workwear. They carry no cut, flame or abrasion rating and no printed standard, so they will not meet a site dress requirement. Off the clock, in the camp or on the boat, they are fine.

Specs

Supplier Size Chart

Measurements as printed on the supplier's chart, with millimetres added. The chart itself carries no unit and does not state whether the figures are body or flat-garment measurements. The weight column is taken from the size names in the supplier's own option list.