I bought a pair from Semper Silkies before and was not thrilled, I still wear them though no worries because Silkies are life, and when they saw my review I was given a discount code and used that code to purchase these beautiful shorts. These are the shorts I was searching for this whole time evidently. They fit great and the material is amazing and I used them in a 5 mile ruck and plunge into the water that we had to break the surface ice to get to and they were amazing.