Halvarssons Sunne pants in black / orange

The Sunne, which replaces the outgoing Luxor, is a suit very much designed in the adventure aesthetic. That is to say that the jacket sits quite long; it has four patch pockets, adjusters at the waist and so on. The Sunne pant, as you would expect, is in the same mould. It is wider in the leg; wide enough to fit over any kind of off-road boot. As a company, we tend to the view that a laminated suit is never going to be totally appropriate for adventure riding. If you’re working hard off-road and building up a sweat, the last thing you want is a waterproof membrane; laminated or not. But, in truth, Halvarssons is in good company. Both Rukka and Klim already produce laminated, adventure suits. The laminated membrane in the Sunne is Halvarssons’ Dryway membrane. It’s a two-layer membrane, which makes the Sunne pant a particularly comfortable one to wear. The pants have a DWR treatment, which all waterproof garments have applied to the outer fabric. But whereas, on the Luxor, the treatment was a heavy-handed Teflon coating that made the pants feel a little crunchy, the coating on the Sunne is much lighter. As far as protection is concerned, the Sunne pants have panels of super-strong Hi-Art in the knees and bum for added abrasion resistance. For impact protection, there’s adjustable CE, Level 1 armour in the knees and hips. There’s a removable, thermal lining made from Innoborne, which is a Thinsulate alternative. Now, as an adventure pant, the Sunne pants have vents both on the fronts and the backs of the thighs. They come with braces and a full-length zip for attaching to any Halvarssons jacket. We have one issue with these pants; and it’s that they come in only one leg length. That’s a shame because it reduces the potential market for these pants by some 50%. If you’re over 6’ 2”, these pants may be too short for you. If you’re under 5’ 2”, they may be too long. We wish Halvarssons had perhaps produced just one colourway of this pant in three leg lengths to go with the two jackets, as opposed to two colourways in one. Maybe next time. The pants are AA rated under EN17092, by the way.

Read our Halvarssons Sunne review.