I’m trying to decide on some padded shorts to order. I’d like something with removable padding (especially in the hips) that is fairly cool. Here’s what I’ve seen so far:
EVS PP02 Impact Shorts – removable “impact pads” in hips and tailbone
O’neal Compression Shorts – removable “dense foam padding” in tail, hip and thigh
Troy Lee Padded Impact Off-Road Shorts – removable “air-incapsulated high-impact foam” in hip, thigh and tailbone
MSR Impact Shorts – removable “biofoam hip pads”
I live in Thailand so have to decide what to get by just checking websites and asking for help at motorcycle forums like this one. Does anyone have any experience with any of these padded shorts?
I’ve surfed Google looking for reviews and comments at motorcycle forums, and have found several praising the EVS padded shorts. I haven’t seen any opinions on the other three I’ve listed. In the picture, it looks like the padding in the MSR shorts doesn’t go far back enough on the hip (though it’s hard to tell for sure because the picture isn’t very good). Also, the Troy Lee shorts look kind of hot in the picture (though the write-up says they’re lycra and vented). I remember reading some negative things about Troy Lee workmanship once (regarding some of their knee guards). Just looking at website ads, it looks to me like the EVS and the O’neal might be best. It looks like the O’neal has a genuine butt pad (padding the butt checks) and the EVS just has a tailbone pad.
Would a larger butt pad like the O’neal help reduce monkey butt (sweating and itching) or would it tend to make it worse by causing more sweating? (I live in a very hot climate).
Thanks for any help anyone can give.
- Paul
EVS PP02 Impact Shorts – removable “impact pads” in hips and tailbone
O’neal Compression Shorts – removable “dense foam padding” in tail, hip and thigh
Troy Lee Padded Impact Off-Road Shorts – removable “air-incapsulated high-impact foam” in hip, thigh and tailbone
MSR Impact Shorts – removable “biofoam hip pads”
I live in Thailand so have to decide what to get by just checking websites and asking for help at motorcycle forums like this one. Does anyone have any experience with any of these padded shorts?
I’ve surfed Google looking for reviews and comments at motorcycle forums, and have found several praising the EVS padded shorts. I haven’t seen any opinions on the other three I’ve listed. In the picture, it looks like the padding in the MSR shorts doesn’t go far back enough on the hip (though it’s hard to tell for sure because the picture isn’t very good). Also, the Troy Lee shorts look kind of hot in the picture (though the write-up says they’re lycra and vented). I remember reading some negative things about Troy Lee workmanship once (regarding some of their knee guards). Just looking at website ads, it looks to me like the EVS and the O’neal might be best. It looks like the O’neal has a genuine butt pad (padding the butt checks) and the EVS just has a tailbone pad.
Would a larger butt pad like the O’neal help reduce monkey butt (sweating and itching) or would it tend to make it worse by causing more sweating? (I live in a very hot climate).
Thanks for any help anyone can give.
- Paul