Review: Patagonia Active Briefs

Gasp! I bought girlie underwear! (though how girlie is it really, if it's from REI?)

http://www.rei.com/product/742857?vcat=REI_SEARCH

I got the Flaming-o Pink with the crazy flower (not a hibiscus, or I wouldn't've bothered. maybe a passion flower?) on the left hip. The Flamingo is more of an orange color than pink. Like the inside of a really ripe peach. I dig that the decoration is asymmetrical. I dig asymmetry.

Patagonia calls it a "brief" but I'd call it closer to a bikini fit. But then I'm an ol' fuddy-duddy. The seamless aspect is nice, the fabric is lucious, the flower and the red trim are perky. I like that the waistband is very soft and doesn't cut in at all.

This brief DOES NOT MOVE from it's designated spot. No creepy-crawlies. No subtle wedgie action. I am not a petite lil' thang by anyone's estimation, but the hind-end of these briefs streched just fine to cover all of my posterior and never shifted on me. I'm a size 12 or Large in just about everything, and I did fine with a pair of size Large.

At $18 I would never have bought a pair of these, but on sale for $12 they made a pretty nifty splurge. (and they're cute. I had to get 'em cuz they're *cute*)

I've tried a couple pair of those with less stellar results. Seemed they stretched so much they wouldn't stay in place. They might have been all right for normal use, but hiking all day when soaked with sweat they just didn't stay put for me. My solution was to do without under those circumstances. I save money too.

UnderArmor compression shorts to the rescue!
(might be worth a try on your epic hikes, DebW! And you can run around your campsite in 'em and no-one knows you're in your undies!)

I have a couple of pairs of the boy-cut panties by Patagonia (same material, just the different cut). I love them! They don't move around, they don't get all gross like cotton undies do when you sweat and they actually look really cute on :)