Optimist Pants with Insect Shield® Bug Repellent

This is my 3rd pair of these and I live in them when hiking and gardening. I love that they are mostly cotton and pretreated . I actually feel protected from the ticks in my area.

Love my pants so much! I want everyone I know to have a pair! Get yours now!!!

I'm obsessed with my Optimist yoga pants! Despite my best efforts, my backyard is mosquito central (and I'm a mosquito magnet), which makes gardening miserable without these pants - literal swarms of mosquitoes will try to bite me. Although mosquitoes will still come near me, they don't bite through these - I've seen them land hundreds of times and yet not come away with more than a handful of bites during the entire summer season. I don't wear additional bug spray with them. They're still effective after being washed through the summer (I wore them every day to water and care for my garden). They're also flexible and comfortable, though I'm glad I sized way up (I'm 5'2, 130 pounds and got a large) - they're way too long on me, but it sort of looks like they're supposed to bunch up at the bottom, and they likely would've been way too tight otherwise. The material is pretty light, even in the summer, and they're versatile for wearing wherever, since they just look like yoga pants - they've made lots of backyard and park gatherings something I no longer dread either getting completely bitten or having to cover myself in chemicals. So happy I found them!