M's 4" Pinnacle RD Short 2-in-1

Best Running Shorts

Bought these for my husband for his birthday. Also bought the water flask to go with it and he said they are by far the best running shorts he’s ever used! He’s between a 30”-31” waist, for the snug factor I went with a Small. He’s 5’7” 168 and some change and it’s the perfect kind of snug so the shorts don’t drop/sag with all the gizmos and gadgets in them. We have already washed them several times, and leave them out to dry.

Just okay.

Material and overall design is really nice. Quite comfortable. But let’s be honest, the integrated belt is useless for bottles or poles or anything heavier than a few gels. There is way too much bounce and with no structure in the belt I don’t see how you would use the shorts for what it seems like they are designed for. I’ll use them for shorter trail stuff where I might carry one or two handhelds, but that’s about it. Spent way too much money thinking I would be able to carry bottles or poles, or both.

Almost need instructions to wear these shorts. Very high waist panel took a while to feel comfortable with. Initial run carrying 550 ml soft flask in rear storage pocket was horrible, terrible bouncing causing shorts to fall down. Tried moving soft flask to front, even worse. No waist draw string to tighten shorts. Finally figured out storing soft flask requires to tightly cinch up the toggle straps,