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Hako Combat Pants Ripstop, M05

#M05hakoteillä

Hako is an around four centuries old Finnish word that means havu, a sprig or branch of an evergreen tree. “Hakoteillä” is an old Finnish proverb, which, in essence, means that not all who wander are lost. Sometimes it is more important to wander around for a while and only then step on the right path rather than to walk the line and see and experience nothing.

Havu, a sprig of an evergreen tree, is an old symbol in Finnish Military lingo: it was the first IFF symbol of the independent Finnish Army and is still the symbol of Finnish Recon troops. This is what we want our Hako to stand for: the ability to vanish into the landscape and esprit de corps among those outside the wire.

Note! Care label information

Care label on combat pants is accidentally that of our combat shirt. The correct fiber composition is as follows: 1) main material 50% polyamide / 50% cotton and 2) elastic parts 88% polyamide / 12% elastane.

Features:

• 5/5 cut: elastic sections in the knees, groin, and lower back keep the pants exactly where they should be. The elastic sections also extend the life of the seams. Size chart is at the end of the description!
  
• Adjustable waist: velcro flaps on the sides, which can be tightened to reduce the waist circumference. Fly closes with a zipper and velcro, so you can also use that to tighten the size a little if you cut back your pizza & beer intake.
• Adjustable belt loops: the back and side belt loops have an extra seam, which, when unpicked, lowers the waist of the pants by about a centimeter, but gives the same amount of room to the buttocks. Unpicking these seams revokes the right to return, but it does not affect the warranty!
• A versatile cavalcade of pockets: side pockets, front thigh pockets, cargo pockets and back pockets. All pockets have drainage holes.
• Side pockets: traditional model.
• Front thigh pockets: sized to fit most smartphones. The pocket also houses the height adjustment of the knee pads - more on this later!
• Cargo pockets: closure with a sturdy Opti zipper. The pocket can fit most map pouches and field offices or even a 1L drinking bottle. There are two models of these in circulation: in one, the cargo pocket is slightly longer and in the other, slightly wider. No cherry picking, they work the same way!
• Back pockets: closure with velcro. The flap can be folded into the pocket.
  
• Knee pad pockets: compatible with traditional soft ones and hard inserts such as D3O/Invader Gear/Crye and small straps such as Arc'teryx. There is a sacrificial piece on top of the pocket, which can be removed (especially if you want to make the use of hard inserts smoother). The pocket itself and the sacrificial piece are made of 500 denier Foxdura for increased durability. The knee pads are inserted through the opening on the bottom edge that closes with Velcro. Removing the sacrificial piece revokes the right to return, but it does not affect the warranty!
• Adjustments of the knee pads: the fit of the kneepads in the height and horizontal direction is adjusted with the Velcro on the outer edge of the calf and with the button and holed rubber band inside the front thigh pocket. Watch the video of the description below!
• Leg cuff: closure with velcro. Dimensioned so that the leg can be closed around shoes and ankles of different sizes. In addition, there are two reinforced holes on the front side of the leg mouth, where you can attach a string to prevent the pants from rising during combat acrobatics.
• The colour is the Finnish M05, but since the Finnish Defense Forces defines the color of the fabric only in the NIR/IR range, there may be slight variations in the color of the fabrics in the visible light range, as well as slight variations between the Foxdura fabric of the knee pads and the main ripstop fabric. The differences are small anyway. No cherry picking, because usually pants of one size are all made from the same batch of fabric.
• IR: the main material, i.e. ripstop fabric, Foxdura fabric, threads, Velcro, zipper and buttons are IRR protected! Of the outwardly visible things, only elastic fabrics do not have an official classification, but in our own tests with Gen. 1 device with and without various visible & IR light sources, the fabric has worked well.
• FR: the pants do not have an actual FR classification. Ripstop fabric doesn't burn particularly well, and therefore doesn't produce much of molten mucus. Elastic fabric, on the other hand, burns a little more cheerfully. If you suspect that you will be the target of incendiary munitions, we recommend wearing fire-resistant long johns!
• Main parts 50/50 NyCo ripstop fabric and elastic parts 88% polyamide and 12% elastane.
• Designed in Finland, made in the EU.

Got Wet?

It is a well know fact that being wet sucks. Hakos will dry pretty fast, but sometimes there is no time to wait. For these times spares sound ideal, and for that reason these go at reduced price, if you take two (2) of the same size:

Two pants = 474.90 € (449.80 €)

Have A Look At The Bundles:

• Combat Pants and Shirt for a total of 419.90 € (442.80 €)
• Combat Pants with Crye knee pads, khaki, black, or Ranger Green 324.90 € (334.80 €)
• Combat Pants with Montool knee pad inserts 254.90 € (264.80 €)

Features in detail

The best kneepad pockets in the world

Rather watch a video than read? Here it comes:

During the planning process, we thought long and hard about which style of knee pads we would choose to accomodate. It was clear from the beginning that there would be inserts, but what kind? The process boiled down to three basic choices: traditional "mouse pads", hard inserts or "Arc'teryx" models, i.e. more traditional with straps, but clearly low-profile. We climbed to the top of a high mountain in Tibet. We prayed to all spirit beings and Lauri Törn.

No answer.

Then we got it: the only choice is to choose them all.

The knee pad pockets of Hako combat pants combine all three main insert model knee protector options without hindering the use of each other. Next, let's go through how different models of knee pads work with pants.

1. Traditional "mouse pads"

Open the bottom opening, slide the knee pad in, close the opening.

2. Hard/rigid inserts

There are basically two ways to usehard inserts, one of which is easier. Namely, under the sacrificial part of the knee pad pocket, there is a ready-made opening with velour to which the insert can be attached. The purpose is that the sacrificial piece can be removed, making it easier to insert, although the hard part of the insert can also be placed between the opening of the pocket and the sacrificial piece. By keeping the sacrificial piece in place, the knee pad is better protected and can't get lost. Removing the sacrificial piece revokes the right to return, but it does not affect the warranty!

3. Small knee pads with straps

Polvisuojataskussa on molemmilla sivuilla kaksi aukkoa, joiden kautta polvisuojien hihnat saa kulkemaan housujen päältä. Aukkojen leveys on 40 mm ja niiden väli on 80 mm, eli virallisesti nämä on mitoitettu Arc'teryx-mallisille suojille mutta muut vastaavan kokoiset polvisuojat käyvät oikein hyvin. Aukkojen reunat on vahvistettu trenssauksin, jotta ne eivät lähtisi purkautumaan polvisuojien hihnojen hangatessa niitä vasten. Tätä mallia käyttäessä uhripala kannattaa pitää paikallaan!

Polvisuojataskun säätäminen

The knee pad pocket has two openings on both sides, through which the straps of the knee pads can be routed. The width of the openings is 40 mm and the distance between them is 80 mm, so officially these are sized for Arc'teryx-style pads, but other similar-sized knee pads will work just fine. The edges of the openings are reinforced with bar tacks so that they don't come off when the straps of the knee pads rub against them. When using this style of pads, you should keep the sacrificial piece in place!

Zippered cargo pockets, why?

When designing the Hako combat clothing system, i.e. these pants and combat shirt at the time, we set ourselves a criterion that the system must have at least one pocket where nothing can fall out. Next, a decision of priciple was made: we do not want to decide on behalf of the customer what size things he does not want to lose of under any circumstances. So we decided to put zippers in the biggest pockets!

A sturdy locking model from Opti was chosen as the zipper. The lock means that the handle must first be pulled slightly outwards in order for the zipper to move. To prevent the pocket from accidentally opening, there is no loop in the handle through which even a twig might pass. The pocket opens from the front of the thigh towards the back, so that the pocket can be accessed while sitting in a vehicle, for example. In the rear position, the slide of the zipper slides completely away from the top of the pocket, so that the mouth opening is as large as possible. In addition, there is a pleat in the front, which helps the mouth opening of the pocket to open wider.

Here is a video presentation of the pockets:

Cut and sizing

The cut of Hako combat pants is designed to give the user every possible advantage, watch the video below and get the hang of it:

Absolute going

Hako combat pants are made almost entirely of IRR protected materials specifically according to the requirements of the Defense Forces. In the tests, even the elastic fabric does not endanger the garment and the user in the IRR area. Fire resistance properties are not an obstacle either, especially with appropriate underwear. So, for us, this means that the garment is safe and downright reasonable to use, in combat, in service or other national defense activities - that's what Hako Combat Pants were created for.

As an example, IRR characteristics of the M05 fabric have been designed to have the IR range reflectivity as close as possible to comparable colors/materials found in nature. In practice, this means that when viewed through a night vision device, the view is closer to a typical boreal forest without an unnaturally non-reflective blob sticking out like a sore thumb.

Ripstop

Ripstop refers to a special treatment stage during which fabric-reinforcing threads (e.g. nylon) are sewn horizontally and vertically into the fabric forming a net of small squares, around 1 cm in size. This treatment stops the fabric from ripping, which means that it extends the life span of the garment. The ripstop treatment can be made to almost any fabric.

Care and Washing Guide

The garment’s IRR characteristics are baked into the fabric itself, so the only way to prevent them from doing their job is by washing the garment with laundry detergents containing optical brighteners (or tarnishing its surface with reflective substances.) In practice, this means that the garment cannot be washed with typical detergents from your local supermarket or in a washing machine that has been used for years with detergents containing optical brighteners.

If IRR characteristics are not important to you, you can of course wash the garment in a more regular fashion:

• Wash in 40 degrees or lower.
• Use gentle wash and tumble dry cycles (If you ignore this instruction, the garment will most likely frizz and fade out sooner.)
• Dry clean with tetrachloroethene only (so the typical dry clean – We only recommend this with some of the toughest stains.)
• Iron at low temperature (Yes, you can iron it. Does not mean you should.)
• Do not bleach.

If you do want to retain the best possible IRR characteristics, follow these instructions:

• If the washing machine (is used or) has been used with laundry detergents containing optical brighteners, first run an empty cycle up to several times and wash with the extra rinse setting. If you’re planning to go against enemies using night vision equipment, we suggest you to check the IRR properties through a night vision device.
• Get a new washing machine or one that has not been used with laundry detergents containing optical brighteners.
• Wash the garment by hand without detergents or by using soap nuts or other detergents that do not have optical brighteners.
• Embrace the fact that the garment is meant for field use. Get used to just airing it out and freezing it instead of washing. However, it is advisable to wash the garment every now and then, as all kinds of debris like sand and other dirt make it wear out sooner.

One-Year Warranty

We grant all Hako products a warranty of 12 months. The warranty covers all manufacturing and material defects, so it does not cover repeatedly butt sliding on a cheese grater or other self-inflicted damage. On the other hand, if the stitching comes undone by itself or a zipper pull and slide have a break-up during normal operation, we will repair the garment or replace it with a new one.

Unpicking the additional seam in belt loops or the sacrificial piece in knee pad pockets doesn't affect the warranty, but if those measures are taken the pants can not be returned.

Letter size	Waist circumference	Inseam	Outseam
XS	84 cm	83 cm	107 cm
S	90 cm	83 cm	108 cm
M	96 cm	83 cm	109 cm
L	102 cm	83 cm	109 cm
XL	108 cm	83 cm	110 cm
XXL	114 cm	83 cm	110 cm

These are the absolute measurements of the garments. A handy way to measure what fits you is to take measurements from one of your garments that fit you well and choose the size with the measurements closest to it. Also, make sure to choose a size that has bigger measurements than yourself! Unless, of course, you prefer really tight pants.

Long sizes add an additional 4 cm to the inseam and outseam. Arc'teryx (or similar) kneepads tend to lift the pants a little bit so if you plan to use those and feel like you are between longs and regulars, take the longs.

Letter size	Waist circumference	Inseam	Outseam
XS	84 cm	83 cm	107 cm
S	90 cm	83 cm	108 cm
M	96 cm	83 cm	109 cm
L	102 cm	83 cm	109 cm
XL	108 cm	83 cm	110 cm
XXL	114 cm	83 cm	110 cm

These are the absolute measurements of the garments. A handy way to measure what fits you is to take measurements from one of your garments that fit you well and choose the size with the measurements closest to it. Also, make sure to choose a size that has bigger measurements than yourself! Unless, of course, you prefer really tight pants.

Long sizes add an additional 4 cm to the inseam and outseam. Arc'teryx (or similar) kneepads tend to lift the pants a little bit so if you plan to use those and feel like you are between longs and regulars, take the longs.