At first, when I saw them on the hanger in the store, I thought they were expensive. Then I tried them on and I understood why. The material is reassuringly thick, and on the inside you can see where Kevlar panels have been sewn into them. The hip and knee armour is also level 2 with the knee protectors tucked into pockets which allow the plates to be adjusted to three different positions and sit lower or higher. The waistline at the back is also tapered to cover a small part of your lower back, so I guess if you take a tumble and your jacket and jeans aren’t zipped together there’s still a reasonable amount of your back that’s covered by AAA rated fabric. It seems that RST have really thought these through and made a pair of comfortable, safe, nice looking jeans. I’d definitely buy another pair.