Pants

17 products ranked by Scout score

Best pants right now

Cottonique Organic Cotton Women's Drawstring Lounge Pants Melange Grey 100/100
Scout's analysis: Cottonique Organic Cotton Women's Drawstring Lounge Pants Melange Grey scores 100/100. Women's drawstring lounge pants made from organic cotton, finished with a woven…
Smartwool Thermal Merino Jogger Charcoal Heather 100/100
Scout's analysis: Smartwool Thermal Merino Jogger Charcoal Heather scores 100/100. Thermal joggers made from merino wool, rated very good, blended with nylon. The nylon is the one fiber…
Pact Airplane Jogger 100/100
Scout's analysis: Pact Airplane Jogger scores 100/100. 100% Organic Cotton (GOTS certified) — zero synthetic fibers. Made in a Fair Trade Certified factory. Double-rib knit fabric…

What to skip

Shein Women's Contrast Pocket Fitness Leggings 1/100
Scout's analysis: Shein Women's Contrast Pocket Fitness Leggings score 1/100. Independent lab testing by Greenpeace (2025) detected heavy metal antimony (Sb). Antimony is a toxic…
Lululemon ABC Jogger 14/100
Scout's analysis: Lululemon ABC Jogger scores 14/100. Same Warpstreme body as the ABC Trouser — 53% Elastomultiester and 47% Recycled Polyester. The rib adds 88% Nylon and 12% Lycra…
Lululemon Dance Studio Mid-Rise Pant 14/100
Scout's analysis: Lululemon Dance Studio Mid-Rise Pant scores 14/100. 94% Nylon and 6% Elastane — nearly pure nylon, the highest nylon concentration of any Lululemon product reviewed.…

Independently lab-tested pants

One of the 17 products ranked here has a lab panel on its page — each measured amount, the level it falls in and the report it comes from.

Shein Women's Contrast Pocket Fitness Leggings 1/100

Ingredients to watch in pants

The flagged ingredients that show up most often across these 17 products. Each link opens Scout's analysis of the ingredient.

Recycled Polyester (47% body, 100% pockets) in 2 of 17

What the better pants have in common

Organic Cotton in 2 of 17
100% Organic Cotton in 2 of 17

Common questions about pants

What scores highest in pants on Scout?

Cottonique Organic Cotton Women's Drawstring Lounge Pants Melange Grey leads Scout's pants ranking at 100/100, followed by Smartwool Thermal Merino Jogger Charcoal Heather (100) and Pact Airplane Jogger (100). Scores compare products within the category on ingredients, processing, packaging and any lab results.

What should I avoid in pants?

Shein Women's Contrast Pocket Fitness Leggings scores 1/100, the lowest of the 17 products Scout has analyzed in pants; next lowest are Lululemon ABC Jogger (14) and Lululemon Dance Studio Mid-Rise Pant (14). Each product page lists the ingredients behind the number.

What drags scores down in pants?

Across these 17 products the one flagged ingredient that recurs is Recycled Polyester (47% body, 100% pockets) — it appears in 2 of them.

Is anything in pants independently lab tested?

One of the 17 products on this page carries independent lab results — Shein Women's Contrast Pocket Fitness Leggings. Its product page shows each measured amount, the level it falls in and the report it comes from.

How does Scout score pants?

Every product in pants gets one 1–100 score for comparison within its category: the full ingredient list judged by a category-specific framework, the published processing level, the packaging, and any credible lab results. Lab results are disclosed, not scored. Scout takes no payment for scores or placement.

How Scout scores pants

One 1–100 score per product, judged within its category: every ingredient on the label through a category-specific framework, the published processing level, the packaging, and any credible lab results. No brand pays for a score or a position on this list. Read the full methodology →