G Gradual Board Shorts Review: A Pocket, a Grommet, and Mid-Thigh Swim

G Gradual Board Shorts Review: A Pocket, a Grommet, and Mid-Thigh Swim

We already did a Summer Mae tankini with shorts — that is a set. G Gradual sells the bottom alone: black high-waist board shorts, a cargo pocket, a metal grommet to drain, small side slits, mid-thigh. Twenty dollars. Sixty-one hundred reviews. A 4.4. They are not a bikini. They are not SHAPERMINT (that is underwear). These are swim. Pair them with a rash top, a tankini, or a tee you will regret.

If you wanted a skirted one-piece, Blooming Jelly. If you wanted a pocket and a walk into the water, stay. Size the hip. High waist is coverage, not a trainer.

G Gradual black high-waisted swim board shorts with a side pocket and drain grommet

The pocket is the product. The grommet is the honesty.

A pocket that drains is the SKU. A key, a card, a thought. Size the hip. The Size Guide is a short chart. Between, up if you sit. Mid-thigh on the still is not mid-thigh on a long femur. Too short and you bought a boyshort that rides in a wave. The surf still is a rash guard they did not sell you in this listing — count the pieces. These shorts are the bottom.

Black hides construction. Rinse salt and chlorine. Hang. Heat welds quick-dry into cardboard.

G Gradual black swim board shorts, full-length studio view of the high waist and mid-thigh hem

Swim shorts. The pocket drains. They are not shapewear and not a bikini.

Water, vs Summer Mae, the 4.4

Summer Mae is a set with a print. This is a black bottom you can mix. The 4.4 is a short that looks like the still more often than cheap swim shorts, plus people who wanted tummy control and bought a waistband. Believe short. It will not flatten. It will cover.

Who it's for

A black swim short, a pocket, a high waist. Not a bikini, not SHAPERMINT, not a $20 one-piece. Size the hip, rinse the grommet, bring your own top.

Pros

  • A complete high-waist swim short with a pocket that drains
  • Black that mixes with a tankini or a rash top
  • 6,100 reviews is a hem that usually lands
  • Distinct from Summer Mae’s set and from shapewear shorts
  • Quick-dry that is a fabric, not a slogan if you hang it

Cons

  • Not tummy control — it is a waistband
  • Inseam is femur-picky
  • Top is sold separately
  • Heat kills the quick-dry
  • A bikini this is not
★★★★★★★★★★
4.1 / 5

A $20 G Gradual swim short. Size the hip, rinse the pocket, bring a top, and do not buy it as shapewear or as a bikini.