I love the firehosee stuff. I have used a Firehose 11oz jacket all through the last couple winters and still wearing, so far. I found a pair of 11oz cargo pants last year at a discount shop here in town. Like them so much I had to get more. I use them on the farm when work has to be done. No briars or barbed fence has ever went through any of them. Last march I was cutting trees up with a chainsaw from sun up to bedtime after the tornados. I had a kickback and the saw hit my leg..... made a hole in the pants but not even a scratch on my leg. They look like hell but they are made for work. Dont confuse my enthusiasm for the lite 8oz that they call flex hose or something like that. My wife thought mine was too thick so she ordered the flex, very unhappy.
BTW real firehose 11oz, is on sale right now.