PANTS HAMRA BASIC

Very comfortable pants, considering loden fabric has been around here among hunters and anglers forever, we were raised with loden being the gold standard of rugged 3,5-season outdoor clothing. Micklagaard's fabric, however, is much softer than your die-hard run-of-the-mill Tyrolean jägergreen bulletproof loden, does not scratch nor itch an can be worn at somewhat milder temperatures as well. My new pants are destined for a week's fishing in Greenland this coming summer (among others) , my expectations are high as they must replace the usual outdoor pants that really never fully dry when out in the tundra. I am looking forward to the trip and the comfort the pants will provide!

I bought these pants for a winter trip, and several seams popped even before leaving the house, and i had to sew them up myself. Over the course of a week walking along flat ground, the belt loops broke (i don't wear a belt, and no loops got caught on anything.) The thigh pocket seam unwound. And the crotch split open everywhere i didnt sew it up myself.

These pants are of absolutley abysmal quality. Miklagaard knows this, which is why they don't have returns for thier product. The fabric was suitable only if i wore a high quality base layer, but its put together with a single backstich of low quality thread. It doesn't matter how much Miklagaard insists the product or the thread is high quality, they cut many corners to drive up profit and it shows in thier flimsy product. If they had confidence in thier product, they would offer effortless returns. But once they have your money, they won't let it go.

Miklagaard has joined in the growing trend of enshittening thier product for short term profit, i had to return 3 pairs of pants from other companies but was able to return them instantly, which is why none of those companies have bad reviews from me.

These are very well made. Beautiful durable wool. I love these as with all of the products from Miclagaard I have purchased.

Best fitting pants I’ve ever worn!! Very happy with my purchase!!

The only thing worse than the quality of these pants is the customer service. I can only assume that Miklaagard's reputation for quality is out of date, now they are selling out quality, cutting corners, and cashing out on an old reputation for quality to increase profit.
The thread is cheap, thin, twisted nylon which popped in four seperate places when i first tried them on. They have only a single factory stitch holding everything together, including the pockets, which is already coming undone after wearing the pants twice (so five rips in two days)
Miklagaard sent me pants two sizes too small, even though i ordered a size up becaused i needed them a little big, and instead of owning up to the mistake and trying to fix it, they jumped to the conclusion it was my fault and said too bad. When i pointed out all the flaws with the pants and how fragile they were, they simply parroted buzzwords from thier site back at me, simply saying 'no, our thread is very robust, it doesnt break' even when i sent them a picture of the popped stitching, comparing it to the thread that came free with a child's sewing kit i got from japan, which is much thicker and stronger braided nylon. I fixed it with a saddlestitch, which is much stronger than the factory made lochstitch Micklagaard uses, so don't buy these pants unless you are ready to replace every stitch seam by seam.
i also fixed the pants size by soaking the wool (which absorbed the water very quickly like cotton, so i wouldn't count on water resistance either) ringing them out and wearing them for four hours as i slowly walked around and did squats to stretch them. The stitching held up until they started to dry, but every where i rienforced with quality thread held up perfectly, so it is definitley a quality issue.
Further, there are many other small things Miklagaard does to drive down quality, cut corners, and keep the price at a premium to pocket more cash, for example it doesn't cost much to include an extra pocket, especially when you are assembling the pants in the quickest and cheapest way possible. I assumed the pants with extra pockets were more expensive because of quality thread, stitching, etc but that is clearly not the case. They could have also fixed the spliting crotch problem with a patch in the center, a common inclusion from cheaper brands.
The zipper is so far very nice, probably because Miklagaard didn't make it themselves.
If the price point was closer to nintey dollars, i could see why the quality would be this bad, but for 160 + 40 for shipping, Miklagaard should at least try to back up thier words and self aggrandizement with a product that looks like they at least tried.