I did not like bibs much because I kept dropping stuff (like wire cutters and strippers) out of those pockets. I figured if I can't use those pockets, then there was no point wearing the bibs. That's when I started looking at Dickys. I love the Duluth stuff because the pockets are deep and there are many pockets.
Yep... I got rid of Levi's way back in the day, when they cheezed out my beloved 501 button flys ... At the time they were around 20 hard earned dollars, and all of a sudden they were made of way thinner stuff, and cost 60 bucks. They didn't last on me more than 2 or 3 months.
Took a bit of kickin around then, but I wound up in wranglers for years and years.
Then they cheezed out, and I went over to Carhartt. Now, I am still in Carhartt for my wintr stuff - My insulated overalls, and most of my intermediate layer coats are all them.
But for jeans, the price went way up, and I jumped over to Duluth Fire Hose pants. That's right about when I fell apart... But them Fire Hose pants were the best I ever had - Spend 60 bucks on those and you'll wear em for years in a work environment. They make Fire Hose overalls too - but I ain't gone there so far.
And then Dickeys... I have had overalls all the way along, though I was not prone to wear em much. I find the bib pockets to be handy, though I want to try them Duluth ones because their bib pockets are more like what you'd have on Carhartt insulated overalls - Which is better rggin than the Dickey ones.
But overalls are a blight to figger out... They don't measure like anything else, and you play hell trying em out to find out what fits... Which is why I been in Dickey pretty much all along.
So it's a bother.
