Truewerk T1 Werk Pant Review

Ryan Humphries

Price: $79

Size: 30/30

Features from the manufacturer:

Fabric: Made from 70D, 85% Nylon/ 15% Spandex

• Doubleweave, Wicking treatment, 176gsm (Grams per square meter)

• Abrasion/Tear resistant

• Double stitched seams

• Pencil holder

• 4-way stretch fabric (Horizontal and vertical)

• 8 Pockets (without looking like cargo pants)

• Articulated knees

• 70D

Some of those features are self-explanatory. Like, you probably understand what 8 pockets mean…but what about things like double weave? Or Wicking treatment? Or 70D Fabric? In this review I hope to quench your thirst for knowledge on the T1 Werk Pant.

Double woven fabric means that it’s actually two layers of fabric. You can’t necessarily tell that it’s two layers, but it is. Hence the durability…

A lot of clothing lines use the term wicking, as in wicking moisture away from the skin. I was curious so I went down the rabbit hole of exactly how that works and what it means. In essence, “wicking” is the process of pulling moisture away from the skin to the outer layer of the fabric, in this sense, it’s pulling moisture to the second layer of the fabric because it’s a double weave.

This “Wicking” process is created through what’s called “Capillary action”. Tiny conduits, similar to the body’s capillaries, draw sweat away from the skin, and onto the fabric allowing it to evaporate on the surface of the material, rather than on the skin.

If you’re a gear/clothing nerd, you’ve no doubt heard fabrics referred to in “Deniers”. It’s typically a Number + the letter D. So what does it mean when you see 70D on the T1 Werk Pant? That means it’s 70 Denier fabric. Honestly I’ve watched plenty of videos of gear reviews where folks talk about the “insert number here” and then say the word Denier. My eyes typically glaze over and I nod my head as if I know what they’re talking about…but I didn’t…until now.

Denier is a unit of density based on the length and weight of a fiber. Here’s a fun fact for your next campfire, a single strand of silk is considered 1 denier. So a 70D fabric such as these pants has the tensile strength/weight/length of 70 strands of silk, pretty solid.

70 Denier Nylon is not typically used for pants. You’ll find it more frequently in tarps, tent floors, and windbreakers. This makes sense as the T1 is designed (in their words) as a “hot weather work pant”. After several months sporting the T1s, I came to think of them as sort of a Carhart meets The North Face. It has the durability you’d expect in a work pant, but the comfort and lightness of a hiking pant. If you’re familiar with ENO hammocks, these pants have a very similar feel to them.

I’ve done reviews on clothing before after only a few uses moreso to showcase the features, but with these pants, I really wanted to put them to work. I’ve used them for just about everything you can think of. I’ve hiked miles in the backcountry, I’ve worn them to coach fitness classes (because they look professional),

I’ve worked out in them (because you can squat, deadlift, run, jumprope, and really anything that you could do in a jogger). I even helped build a stage at the Billy Strings Renewal Festival in them, crawling around on the ground, and then used them as my pants for the rest of the weekend.

If you’re judging, you haven’t been to a three day bluegrass festival. In fact, when I showed up to help build the stage, one of the guys on the crew noticed my pants and literally said “This dude is here to work”. I was kind of surprised that he noticed the pants (I wasn’t acquainted with the company before reviewing them) and asked him what he knew about Truewerk.

His answer both surprised and intrigued me. This dude owned a construction company in Buena Vista and he said that he had ordered the T1 Werkpant for literally all of his employees because of their durability and comfort. I’m a fitness coach and I’m typically marketed to by folks like Prana, LuluLemon, and Reebok, so Truewerk wasn’t in my vocab before this review.

I’m not an arborist, or a construction worker, or a plumber, or a carpenter…but if I was, the Truewerk pant (especially in warm weather) would be my go-to. What I can tell you though, is that as a fitness coach, I have a “uniform”. That uniform is a shirt with our gym’s logo on it, and then a professional pair of pants that look good, feel good, and perform well. Up until now, my work pants consisted strictly of Prana and Kuhl. However, due to its functionality, durability, and comfort, the T1 has made it into the rotation.

Professional, durable, functional, and dare I say, “stylish” enough to wear out after work to a nice cocktail bar.

I may not be Truewerk’s target audience but with the T1 WerkPant, they definitely earned a new fan.

Ryan Humphries

Growing up in southeast Missouri, Ryan spent most of his days playing in the woods, swimming in creeks, capturing wildlife, and dreaming of adventure. His asthma kept him from playing a lot of sports as a kid, but it didn’t stop him from achieving the ranks of both Eagle Scout and a Black Belt in Taekwondo by the age of 16.