Comfort. Function. Durability. Fabric. Fit. These considerations are the foundation of feeling good in most outdoor garments. For next to the skin items, such as leggings, you have to add the way they feel. All the top performance and styling doesn’t really matter if they don’t feel right. Happily, Escape Leggings from SPRAYWAY tick all the right boxes.
Escape Leggings & Escape ¾ Leggings are new for Summer 24 – lightweight, very stretchy with all day next to skin comfort. This is because of the 4-way stretch TecWEAVE™ interlock polyester fabric, which is soft, high wicking and offers great support. The Leggings also have a decent-sized stretch mesh pocket which can easily hold a phone and a wide elasticated flat front waist for a relaxed, snug fit with an internal drawcord.
Our tester Fran has put the Escape Leggings to good use over recent months. She reports, “This so-called summer has been a unremitting mix of scattered showers, patchy rain and sunny intervals. All boosted by the wind that can batter the Northumberland coast.
“That variety, often in a few minutes, can make for challenging times outdoors when it comes to staying comfortable. I don’t want to be messing about with overtrousers in such variable conditions so the Leggings were perfect as they shrugged off light showers and dried quickly when the wind drove heavier rain squalls.
“Really appreciated the stretch in the material in the Leggings when scrambling about and the soft feel against my skin. Plus, when the sun did shine, they didn’t feel clammy which can happen with fabrics that don’t have high wicking performance like these.
“Loved the snug fit, with no chafing at all, as they really felt like a second skin. Perfect for summer hiking and a must to wear to be comfortable when travelling – looking for reliable sunshine!”
Escape ¾ Leggings have all the same technical details but are shorter for warmer or more active days out. The Escape Pant, also new for women, is a lightweight all round outdoor pant with great stretch and a WR finish (PFC-free) for those unpredictable summer rain showers.
All the legwear in this collection for women (men’s range also available) come in sizes 8-18 and a variety of contemporary colours.
When the bad weather is relentless, then waterproof overtrousers are a blessing for long days out in the hills. Not most people’s favourite piece of kit, being fast and easy to put on and take off is crucial. They can make the difference between a good and a bad day out and are often forgotten or just left in the rucksack as being too much hassle.
Sprayway has the answer with lightweight, packable, easy to get on and off Gore-Tex™ and HydroDRY™ options suitable for all shapes and sizes.
