5.11 Tactical Pant Knee Pads

Great inserts to avoid wearing external knee pads.

Not always working in a full kit, but always putting my knees on the ground. Just enough padding to protect my old knees.

No better than generic brand. Hard to beat LAPG brand stuff

We bought these for shooting 3-gun matches. Not as cumbersome as the slip on type, and with out the constant compression. Slip them into the inner knee pockets and leave them there all day.

I wear these every day in my tactical pants at work and they really help my knees.

These are easy on the knees when it comes to getting dirty. Everyone knows when you're setting up targets or dropping to one knee, these come in real handy. Love 'em!!! Joni

Great stuff for on the job situations or field drills.

These are great for LEO Uniform Patrol use. They perform well during car searches, people searches, building searches (when you have to take a knee to look under beds,crawl spaces, and other crouched areas. However, not great for heavy SRT/SWAT use. For that, I recommend Arcteryx Knee Caps. Very light weight and durable. Anyway, you cant really tell i have the knee pads inserted in the dark navy stryke pants we use for duty uniform.

I've tried numerous knee pads and this is by far the best, low profile designed knee pad. Fits in a variety brands with knee pad pockets and they work very well, even when keeling on rocky terrain. However, this is my second set and each has began to fray along the edges after only a few weeks of use. I've always remove the pads from the pants prior to washing, so that is not the issue.

They are decent, but it would be nice if they were about twice the thickness.

These slip-in knee pads are very useful and well designed. They're light weight, not to thick, and they save your knees from lots of scrapes and bruises without the discomfort that comes from the type of pads that are strapped on to your knees.

I use this item daily at work. On my knees constantly.

I bought these for additional comfort when kneeling. It hurts to kneel on a small pebble or rock in the street or in your tent while camping. These mitigate the pain but depending how hard you kneel. They may be hot in the summer. These are not hard shell knee pads they are light weight and fit great in Stryke pants and taclight pro pants men and women's. They do not chafe your knees while hiking and don't impede movement. See Photosz on YouTube for full review

Work perfect. Low profile.

When I bought the multicam TDU pants for airsoft, I was excited to see how 5.11 made the system. After installing the pads, I put the pants on. Whilst I ordered the correct inseam length, the top of the pads only touched the very bottom of my knee. Maybe 1mm of coverage. Obviously, this issue could be solved by pulling the knees up, but that leaves tons of slack on the thighs. Maybe, someone who orders undersized inseams might have better success with the pads, but then the pants will too short. The idea is nice, but a one size fits all concept does work in this case unless 5.11 would integrate an adjustment system a la Crye.