Scruffs Workwear: Which Trousers Should Your Team Actually Wear?
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Trousers are the one workwear decision teams get wrong most often, because everyone defaults to the cheapest twill on the page. Scruffs runs three genuinely different trouser families, and picking the wrong one means kneepads that migrate, a seat that blows out in a month, or paying for four-way stretch nobody on your crew actually needs.
The 10-second verdict
Standard site wear? Worker trousers. Kneeling and carrying tools all day? Trade holster trousers, for the reinforced seat and Cordura knee pockets. Constant bending, climbing or stretching? Pro Flex Plus, for the four-way stretch fabric. Get the trouser right and the rest of the kit follows.
The three trouser families, and who they're for
| Trouser | Built for | From |
|---|---|---|
| Worker trousers | Lightweight durable twill with Abratect abrasion-resistant knee pockets and a YKK zip fly. The everyday trouser and where most orders start. | £49.99 |
| Trade holster trousers | Heavy-duty twill with a two-layer reinforced seat and abrasion-resistant Cordura® knee pockets in two positions. For crews who kneel and carry tools all day. | £81.99 |
| Pro Flex Plus | Four-way stretch fabric throughout, with stretch Cordura® knee pockets and triple-stitched seams. For roofers, scaffolders and anyone bending or climbing all shift. | £100.99 |
Sizing: get Short, Regular and Long right
Scruffs trousers run waist 28 to 40 across Short, Regular and Long leg options, not just one length per waist size. A trouser that is technically the right waist but the wrong leg length either drags under the heel (a trip hazard on-site) or rides up above the boot. If you are ordering for a team rather than one person, collect leg length alongside waist size before you order, not after the first delivery lands.
What we don't do: decoration on trousers
Straight answer, because it matters more than it sounds: we do not embroider or print trousers. They are supplied blank as part of the same order as your branded tees, hoodies and bodywarmers, on one delivery and one invoice. If the logo is the point, that lives on the top half of the kit. We go through exactly what we do brand, and how, on the Scruffs branded workwear page, including which fabric suits embroidery and which suits DTF (more on that in DTF vs embroidery for workwear).
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