Sevego Tall Joggers Review — 31 to 37 Inch Inseams, Measured at 6′8″

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Most joggers come in one length. The brand calls it tall, you order it, and you find out what “tall” meant to them after it arrives.

Sevego sells the same jogger in 31, 33, 35 and 37 inch inseams, for under thirty dollars.

That is the whole reason this page exists. I returned the first pair I bought — I will get to why — then re-ordered a size down and kept it. The return was a sizing story, not a verdict on the joggers. If you are 6’9” or taller, or you carry your height in your legs, a 37 inch inseam at this price is not something the market offers you often.

What I bought

Sevego Tall Inseam Joggers, XXL with a 35 inch inseam. Under thirty dollars.

I am 6’8” and 285 lb. I returned these and re-ordered the XL/33, which is the pair I kept.

One thing to know before you order: Sevego sells several different joggers, not one — French terry, lightweight cotton and fleece-lined among them. The numbers below are the pair I bought, not the whole range. Check which fabric you are looking at, because weight and cut will move some of these figures.

The measurements

Measured by hand, flat and relaxed on a hard surface. Where a figure is a circumference I have doubled the flat measurement and said so.

Both Sevego sizes and the MGBOYGYM pair I wear most are in The Tall Sizing Database.

The inseam needs two numbers, not one

Look at that first row again. 34 inches to the cuff, 36 at the bottom of it.

That is not the brand being slippery. It is what a cuffed jogger is: the elastic gathers, and where you decide to stop measuring changes the answer by two inches. It is the same thing I wrote about in the jogger inseam guide — the cuff takes back about two inches before you ever put them on.

So a “35 inch” jogger measuring 34 to the cuff is behaving exactly as it should. Just know which number you are being sold.

Why the first pair went back

The cuff lands in the right place. That part works.

The problem is everything above it. There is a pile of fabric left over — enough that they read baggy rather than long, and baggy is not how I wear joggers.

Here is the useful version of that complaint, because “too much fabric” is not a measurement. Against the GM MGBOYGYM joggers I have worn constantly for over a year:

• Front rise: +1 inch
• Cuff opening: +0.75 inch
• Inseam: +2.5 to +4.5 inches

Every single dimension is larger. No one of those numbers is a dealbreaker on its own — stacked, they are the difference between a jogger that fits and a jogger that swallows you.

For the record, the 14.25” front rise also sits in the range that has burned me before: a Wrangler at 14.5” and a Gap at 13.75” both went back for overshooting a long torso. I am less worried about it here, because an elastic waistband lets you choose your wear height in a way a button fly never does. But it is a second flag on the same size.

The waist is not the number to size on

This surprised me, and it is the most useful thing I learned from the pair.

The waist was fine. It was always going to be fine — the waistband is elastic, so it has a lot of give in it. Which means waist measurement is not what you are choosing when you pick a size in a jogger.

You are choosing volume. Leg width, rise height, how much fabric is hanging around your ankle. Sizing down from the XXL to the XL is not me trying to get a tighter waist. It is me trying to get less jogger.

That is a different way of buying than jeans, where the waist decides everything and you live with the rest.

Who these are actually for

I am 6’8” with a 36 inch natural inseam and the 35 was too much. That is my build, not a fault in the product.

If you are 6’9”, 6’10” or a seven footer, or if you are long in the leg without much stomach, then the 35 and the 37 are options that barely exist anywhere else at this price. Most brands top out well below that, and the ones that go longer charge for it.

If you are my height and my build, look at the 33 rather than the 35. That is where I am going next.

If you like a slim jogger, size down one from whatever you would normally take. The volume, not the waist, is what you are managing.

Update: the XL/33 arrived, and I am keeping it

The smaller size solves it. Every dimension came down, and two of them came down past the pair I have worn constantly for over a year.

The waistband drops from 40 inches around to 36. The cuff opening goes from 5.75 inches to 4 — tighter than the MGBOYGYM pair, which is the tightest cuff I own. The thigh comes in at 12.5, half an inch narrower than both of the others. The pile of leftover fabric that sent the first pair back is gone.

The one number still above my usual is the front rise at 14 inches, a quarter inch under the returned pair and three quarters over the MGBOYGYM. On a button fly that would be a problem — it is the zone that sent a Wrangler and a Gap back. On an elastic waistband worn a couple of inches below the navel it is not, because you choose the wear height rather than the garment choosing it for you.

They are also light and very stretchy, which is why they are staying rather than merely fitting.

The label does not measure from the same place twice

Worth knowing before you order. On the XXL, the “35” inseam measured 34 to the top of the cuff and 36 to the bottom — the label sat in the middle. On this XL, the “33” measures 30.5 to the top of the cuff and 33 to the bottom — the label is the bottom figure.

Same brand, same product line, two sizes, and the number on the tag is measured from a different point on the garment each time. So the useful comparison is not size against size, it is your own tape against theirs — and on a cuffed jogger you need both numbers, not one.

What I still cannot tell you

How they wash, whether the colour holds, and how the cuff elastic behaves after a season. That takes months, not days, and it will be added here when I have it rather than guessed at now.

The verdict

A deal, not a steal. Under thirty dollars for a jogger that looks considerably better than that, sold in four real inseam lengths — and one of them is 37 inches.

I am sending my pair back. That is a sizing decision, and I have told you exactly which numbers drove it so you can decide whether they apply to you. On a taller or leaner frame than mine, this is one of the more interesting things available at the price.

Current shortlist of what is worth buying at a tall size lives on the Tall Deals page.