Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I love leggings. I'm a young woman and I value comfort. I've owned a variety of different kinds and brands of leggings, from cheap to expensive. I was really excited when I saw Amazon started producing their own "high end" athletic wear line for women, I expected a high quality product at a good price with the ease of Amazon ordering. I look the plunge when these were on sale for 12 Days of Deals and ordered a pair. My first impression when I opened the packaging was good. They were shipped in a nice, reusable plastic bag with a slide closure. It would make a good wet bag for a gym or beach bag. Nice touch. Upon pulling the leggings out of the fancy zip lock bag, I immediately noticed this material is not high end legging material. It's not soft or smooth and almost seems...stiff. I tried them on and the overall fit is as expected. I am a small in a wide array of brands and ordered small. The smalls fit well, little short, but that's a common problem for me. For reference, I'm 5'6". Even when on, the material still didn't feel that great. Not terrible, but it's not smoothing or flattering like many legging materials are. It's thick, doesn't seem very breathable, and isn't that stretchy. I could see these getting really warm in hot weather or during a work out. The actual construction of the leggings isn't anything special, either. The waist band is awful. It's a high rise, which I typically like in leggings, but rather then smoothing my belly or eliminating muffin top, it just creates a muffin top higher up my body, even though these fit and aren't cutting into my sides. The elastic is concentrated in one slim band at the very top and the material going towards it does not smooth or tuck anything in. It's not flattering at all. These would all be issues that I'd be willing to overlook in a cheap pair of leggings. Not the best, not the worst, but in the lower 50% of leggings I've own. However, for the price of these both on and not on sale, Amazon has got to be kidding me. If you want to charge $65 for a pair of leggings, they should be good. They should be breathable. They should be well constructed. The should be smoothing and have an attractive material. These have none of that. You can get far better for half the price(or less) at Target. I usually like Amazon brands of products. I've purchased multiple from clothing items to household goods to electronics. Been satisfied with all of them, felt like I got a great value. These leggings on the other hand? I feel like I was robbed. I'd love to keep them and wear them a couple times to see if my opinion changes, but I don't want to risk being able to return them. Bottom line: save you money and go get leggings at a big box store, or spend the same amount of money at Nordstrom and buy a much better product. Update 2020: I forgot to return these and ended up taking them to my parents house out of state as a back up pair of pants. Their dog threw up on me before I was about to hop a flight home so I changed into these real quick and went to the airport. Yup, my first impression was right, they were absolutely awful and uncomfortable. Thank goodness it was only a 2 hour flight. These leggings are not breathable, itchy, the fit is horrible, just don’t. They’re not even worth $10. I ended up donating them and I cannot not believe I spent this much money on them.