Equator Pants

Name: Equator Pants. Navy edition
Brand: Vollebak
SKU: PNT031NVYXSM
Price: 375.00 CHF
Availability: InStock

Ultra lightweight technical pants with an in-built ventilation system.

CHF 375

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Colour: Navy edition

Model is 6ft 2 / 188cm with a 32 inch / 81cm waist, and wears size Medium.

Lightweight pants weighing 350 grams
Made with silk-like cotton from the Nile Delta
Advanced ventilation system with 332 laser-cut vents

Home to some of the hottest and most humid places on the planet, the equator carves through dense tropical jungles, warm seas, and crowded cities. Instead of seasons or temperature changes you’re more likely to be hit by a wall of heat, sun, rain and humidity. But as global temperatures rise and climate zones shift, designing clothing for the equator is like designing for our future.

So the Equator Pants are built to keep you comfortable in all 40,000km of one of the most extreme environments we currently inhabit and one that’s set to grow. The pants start with one of the lightest and softest materials on the planet – a rare, silk-like cotton from the Nile Delta – which we combine with ultrafine nylon and elastane for durability and stretch. They’re then engineered with an advanced ventilation system built with 332 laser-cut vents and super soft Italian mesh.

Over the last few years, the pants have been worn everywhere from Death Valley California and the Australian Outback, to the deserts of Oman. They’re highly breathable, dry fast after downpours, and you can now wear them with our Equator Jacket as an ultra lightweight travel suit to keep you cool in the heat.

Technical Details

Material made in Italy: 64% cotton, 32% polyamide, 4% elastane

Pants weigh 350 grams

Two-way horizontal stretch

Fast drying

Total of 332 laser-cut vents concealed in the side and rear pockets

2 air vents behind each knee, reinforced with heavy-duty bartacks

2 side pockets and 2 rear pockets, all with lockable zippers

Knee vents constructed with a high-stretch Italian mesh: 94% polyester, 6% elastane

Pocket lining made in France: 92% polyamide, 8% elastane

Bioresin button on waistband, with an angled button cover

Additional bioresin button on inner waistband

Fly fastens with a zipper

5 belt loops each measuring 60mm

Reinforced knee panels

Constructed in Portugal

Machine wash 30°C or gentle dry clean

Do not tumble dry

Iron on low heat

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We start with the softest cotton from the Nile Delta

Life at the equator offers us a glimpse of our future – a world of non-stop sun, heat, humidity and rainstorms. So we’ve built the Equator Pants to equip you for it. To build pants that can work in all 40,000km of the equator we start with a world-class base material – a rare cotton called Karnak Menoufi. One of the lightest, softest materials on the planet, Karnak Menoufi is a silk-like cotton that’s only found in the Nile Delta, and only grows in the years when the rain, soil and wind conditions are perfect. And it’s exactly the same material we use to build our Equator Shirt.

Our Equator Pants have been worn everywhere from Death Valley California and the Australian Outback, to the deserts of Oman.

We turn cotton into a high performance material

While Karnak Menoufi is already extremely soft and robust, we’ve added durability and stretch by combining it with elastane and an ultrafine nylon in Italy. And as pants typically take more of a beating than shirts, we’ve woven more nylon into the cotton than we do with the shirt, to add more strength. The result is an advanced, lightweight material that feels extremely soft next to your skin.

Lightweight and breathable

As global temperatures rise and climate zones shift, clothes have to respond. That’s why the Equator Pants are built to handle extreme heat. The material is highly breathable, which means sweat can escape fast. They’re also super lightweight at 350 grams, which makes them easy to wear or pack on any adventure. And it’s why they’ve been worn everywhere from Death Valley California and the Australian Outback, to the deserts of Oman.

The pants are engineered with 332 laser-cut vents to keep you cool in the hottest places on the planet.

The ventilation system works like in-built air-con

Designed for hot, humid and arid environments, the Equator Pants are engineered with the same ventilation system as the Equator Jacket, Equator Shirt and Equator Shorts. Inside each pocket you’ll find laser-cut and bonded panels with rows of perforated vents. The vents are designed to let air flow through the pants simply by opening the pockets.

2 side pockets with hidden vents

The two side pockets are built with angled lockable zippers that fasten in position. And you’ll find the first set of hidden vents inside the pockets when you need to cool down. The laser-cut panels inside each pocket have 92 holes to create 184 mini air streams.

The 2 back pockets also have in-built vents

The zipped back pockets are built with the same hidden laser-cut panels that allow air in when you open them up. The pockets open and close with concealed lockable zippers and each panel here comes with 74 vents.

4 more vents behind your knees

You’ll find the final 4 air vents behind your knees where the top half and the bottom half of the pants meet. The vents are securely fixed with bartacks so they won’t blow open, and they’re lined with a super soft and elastic, lightweight Italian mesh. It’s fast drying and incredibly breathable, so sweat can escape easily and air can flow round your legs to cool you down.

The Equator Pants are built from a rare, silk-like cotton that’s only found in the Nile Delta and only grows when the rain, soil and wind conditions are perfect.

Fast drying from rain and humidity

Rainstorms and humidity are going to soak you one way or another at the equator, so the key is about drying really fast, rather than trying to avoid getting wet. The material is lightweight and elastic so it dries quickly, making the pants as at home in a rainforest as they are in a city. And the extra airflow from the ventilation will help your skin dry faster at the same time as the pants.

Horizontal stretch and reinforced knees

The last thing you want when you’re pulling any extreme or repetitive move in the heat is resistance from your kit. The Equator Pants have two-way horizontal stretch, so whichever way you pull, turn or stretch, they will simply go with you. We’ve also reinforced each knee with a double layer of material for increased durability.

Life at the equator offers us a glimpse of our future – a world of non-stop sun, heat, humidity and rainstorms.

An angled button cover and 5 belt loops

The fly fastens securely with a zipper and two bioresin buttons, one on the outside of the waistband and one on the inside. The outer button has an angled button cover, and the waistband comes with five 60mm belt loops to work with almost any belt.

Buttons made from plants and vegetables

The buttons are made from buffalo imitation bioresin – a natural, non-toxic and water-based material we’ve produced by combining plant and vegetable waste with a polyester resin used by the aerospace industry. Lightweight and heat resistant, each button is sculpted with a highly polished 30 degree taper towards the edge to make it easy to slip into place.

Size	XS	S	M	L	XL	XXL
Fits waist	71 - 76	76 - 81	81 - 86	86 - 91	91 - 96	96 - 101
Outside leg	102	103.5	105	106.5	108	109.5

Size	XS	S	M	L	XL	XXL
Fits waist	28 - 30	30 - 32	32 - 34	34 - 36	36 - 38	38 - 40
Outside leg	40	40.5	41.5	42	42.5	43

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