caring for switchback pants

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Heres another "Switchbacks in Action" report!

DATELINE; Eagle Cave,just outside of Gotham WI.

 

Scout wears Switchbacks uniform pants caving for 24 hours, claims rinsed clean in deep sink prior to cycle in washing machine. Life Scout Willis K. of Troop 131 reports he wore a pair of Switchbacks while caving with his troop this past weekend. Willis claims the pants had turned from greenish-khaki to a shade of red-brown after a day of serious cave crawling.

 

After arriving home the following day, our Scout rinsed the dirt encrusted pants in the deep-sink in his homes basement. He was astounded by how well the new scout uniform pants washed free of all dirt he had enthusiastically ground into them just the day before.

 

The switchbacks came clean with no staining after just a normal wash cycle. Sadly, the same claim coudnt be made for the 100% cotton t-shirt that had been worn during the cave trip. The gray t-shirt has reddish stains visible after 3 washings.

 

Willis serves as SPL in his troop and related his findings to his troop on the monday night meeting following the cave trip. He is encouraging the other scouts in the troop who own Switchbacks to wear them for activities and not to save them for "good" as most scouts say their parents want them to be saved for.

 

No rips were suffered by the pants, but the t-shirt got a few hole and pulled threads.