Need new waders...again

[Highstrung]

Don't spread the flex seal with your hands.. it's not terrible to get off, but a tad aggravating.. I've repeated twice since my first time getting it all over my hands, not as bad as carc paint.

[2thDoc]

Reviews here....can you put me in touch with customer service please

press 5 then sit there and wait until you cant wait any longer. then hang up and drop $250 on a new pair.

and wtf is HS doing up at 10pm?

[Tha Dick]

Don't spread the flex seal with your hands.. it's not terrible to get off, but a tad aggravating.. I've repeated twice since my first time getting it all over my hands, not as bad as carc paint.

CARC paint, ain't heard that in a while. That some good shat! I "acquired" quite a few gallons back in the day. Still have a john boat and a couple trucks sitting around that looks as good as the day we sprayed them.

[Tha Dick]

Oh, and you're right. It's a bitch to get off anything!

[Highstrung]

press 5 then sit there and wait until you cant wait any longer. then hang up and drop $250 on a new pair.

and wtf is HS doing up at 10pm?

My plans were thwarted.. don't worry, pretty sure I fell asleep right after one of these posts with a dip in

[WNM]

This will likely trigger 2th, but I buy Academy stockingfoot waders, save the receipt, and exchange them when they leak (around the 1 year mark usually). They haven't batted an eye yet, probably 6 exchanges. I do have a pair of Simms wader boots that are getting rough after 9 years that will need replacing next year. I would like to get some fancy waders, but I can't be without waders for a week or two during the season when they would inevitably leak. 6 years and running off my initial $89 Academy investment vs $800-1200 for the big names

[scdiver]

Stocking foot and a good wading boot.

Replace the stocking foot set as necessary. Don't have to be fancy. Can keep extra set in your toolbox during hunting season.

Works well wading and moving.


If hunt deep cold water often layer with bibs.

[2thDoc]

This will likely trigger 2th, but I buy Academy stockingfoot waders, save the receipt, and exchange them when they leak (around the 1 year mark usually). They haven't batted an eye yet, probably 6 exchanges. I do have a pair of Simms wader boots that are getting rough after 9 years that will need replacing next year. I would like to get some fancy waders, but I can't be without waders for a week or two during the season when they would inevitably leak. 6 years and running off my initial $89 Academy investment vs $800-1200 for the big names

thats disgusting

[SWAMPLIFE z71]

Just got a "nice" pair of drakes on sale. Felt pin hole leaks on the first hunt and by the third hunt the left leg was filling up quick.
My pair of frog togs before these made it through 4 years of hell, of course i left them out and a critter chewed a hole in them.

[murraywader]

Stocking foot and a good wading boot.

Replace the stocking foot set as necessary. Don't have to be fancy. Can keep extra set in your toolbox during hunting season.

Works well wading and moving.


If hunt deep cold water often layer with bibs.

Used to do this out west. The laced boot really helps in the mud.

[DUCK BUSTER 68]

I hunt a good bit and ive been running the gator breathables the last few years . Very comfortable and have had pretty good luck with em .

[Whackumstackum]

My rogers working man breathables are on year 4 and still going strong. The lacrosse brush toughs lasted 7 years but you had to wear shorts they were so damn hot. Breathables are cold as shit when it’s really cold.

[WNM]

thats disgusting

Not that this will quell your disgust, but I let customer service know that I am returning a leaking pair. My post may have sounded like I swap them out as if they were unused.

[2thDoc]

nope

[scdiver]

Used to do this out west. The laced boot really helps in the mud.

And long walk ins too.


I switched after my buddy on the west coast showed me the light. They are super nice in pluff mud here too.
Nimble in the beaver swamps too.

[FEETDOWN]

Breathables are cold as shit when it’s really cold.

This still baffles me. Buy a pair of merino base layers and some wader pants goober. Ive hunted in the teens multiple times since I bought my Chenes 5 years ago and have NEVER been cold when I layered properly underneath them....

[Tha Dick]

Now don't go putting logic in the mix Feets.....

[FEETDOWN]

Now don't go putting logic in the mix Feets.....

He's from the lowcountry man, bless his heart....

[Calibogue]

This still baffles me. Buy a pair of merino base layers and some wader pants goober. Ive hunted in the teens multiple times since I bought my Chenes 5 years ago and have NEVER been cold when I layered properly underneath them....

This.....good wader pants are a game changer.