21 Shorts Under $150 to Survive Hot Summer Days

There’s a wide world of imitators out there, but very few achieve the same success as the original—and quite a few of them do so for less than $75.

These are capable of some relatively hard wear — I can climb in them, for example — but they’re also next-level all-day weekend warriors.

Usually you’d have to set up several eBay alerts to find shorts that retain a 50-year-old pedigree like these, but BR have recently searched through their archives, so you no longer have to.

Featuring an airy linen fabric, elastic waistband and loose fit, these are contenders for the summer’s most comfortable shorts crown.

These are like buses that turn into boats, except they handle both land and sea much better than those buses.

Shorts don’t have to pack into a little pocket, but when they do and even look like that outside of that pocket? Now we are going somewhere.

Despite the plethora of options on offer, some loose-fitting, cute shorts can cost you less than a night of movie watching.

Like a pair of cut-off fatigues, but if those fatigues were made entirely of hemp linen and also had a big circle of elastic at the back.

You can have a new favorite pair of shorts for under $30, it’s really that easy.

Don’t worry about that removable belt, because these shorts have the kind of proportions you should dream about and will work just as well with some sambas as they will with a pair of loafers.

As a rule, shorts can be more fun than pants.

Don’t let a few old jorts deprive you of one of the great joys of summer — especially when that joy will run you about $50 and last you an entire season and more.

These will catch the wind like a spinnaker.

A little more adventurous than your classic salmon short.

We won’t pretend these will be a costume or anything, but a pair of electric green shorts with a fun lil’ logo hit on the bottom will always be fun to wear whenever you don’t have to.

Corduroy isn’t a winter-only proposition, and anyone who tells you otherwise is depriving themselves of a major pleasure for zero good reasons.

The kind of shorts you’ll miss in the wash.

For anyone who misses a certain hallmark World Cup ’90s athletic short pattern, these do a great job of replicating that magic. (And they have pockets, unlike the originals.)

For less than $60, you can anchor or punctuate a shorts rotation.

Big old Zorts with less-than-big-ol’ pricetags.

these are technically Swimming trunks, but the nylon is durable and the pockets are deep, which means they’ll serve you well for the rest of your vacation itineraries, too.