These shorts are perfect and excel at what they were designed for - to be nice shorts that work well whether you are hiking, swimming, etc... I always take a pair camping and on long trips in my old Land Rover - you never know where you are going to find a hot spring. They are compact when packed away so they are easy to travel with. Super versatile.
When I purchased these for my husband, I thought I was getting shorts, turns out they are more of a swim suit. They look like shorts, but wear like a swim suit, after a week on the Maine coast, they have easily become a favorite!