5.11 Apex Pant

The 5.11 Apex Pant is what you buy when you want the carry capacity of a cargo pant without the tactical-looking bulk on your thighs. The trick is a set of hidden internal cargo pockets: the storage is there, but from the outside the Apex reads like a clean, slightly athletic stretch pant. It is the plainclothes and concealed-carry counterpart to the more overt Stryke.

The fabric is 5.11's Flex-Tac mechanical stretch ripstop, the same durable, mobile base as the Stryke, paired with a hidden stretch waistband that flexes when you carry appendix or move through the day. For permit holders, plainclothes officers, and anyone who wants tactical function in an everyday silhouette, the Apex is the pick.

5.11 offers a women's Apex at the same $100, so this is another strong "tactical pants for women" answer with a genuine cut rather than a shrunk-down men's pattern.