Not happy with KUIU --

[SteelheadTed]

My thoughts are that it is not all that fair to complain about a product for something it never promised to be.  Kuiu doesn't say the pants will be quiet, so complaining about it seems odd.  Maybe like buying downhill skis and complaining they suck as cross country skis. 

[Smossy]

I have the same pants. Most of the area I hunt has waist high grass, They work great for early mornings specially after rain. Almost always guaranteed to get soaked to the bone trekkin through that stuff unless you have a good set of boots and pants. I like them, I also didn't pay full price, got them from another hunt wa member for a hell of a deal.

[bwhntr2819]

I love my Yukon jacket, pants and gaiters.  I'll gladly put up with a little insignificant noise to stay as dry as I do in that stuff.

[3nails]

 This Kuiu gear is brutally loud. The horrid noise it makes in the brush is the worst I've ever seen in hunting gear. On a calm day I'm convinced it can be heard by game (and myself) at 100 yds. I hunted with someone wearing this garbage recently and couldn't hear anything but him swishing around the woods. You can't even lift your arm without a loud swoosh! It's not even that I'd worry about the game hearing it but that I couldn't hear them over the racket so close to the body. My 

[kentrek]

This Kuiu gear is brutally loud. The horrid noise it makes in the brush is the worst I've ever seen in hunting gear. On a calm day I'm convinced it can be heard by game (and myself) at 100 yds. I hunted with someone wearing this garbage recently and couldn't hear anything but him swishing around the woods. You can't even lift your arm without a loud swoosh! It's not even that I'd worry about the game hearing it but that I couldn't hear them over the racket so close to the body. My 

Nothing worse then trying to rattle in big bucks while wearing gortex...how ever...on a mtn hunt you couldn't pry the stuff from my warm dry hands

[3nails]

This Kuiu gear is brutally loud. The horrid noise it makes in the brush is the worst I've ever seen in hunting gear. On a calm day I'm convinced it can be heard by game (and myself) at 100 yds. I hunted with someone wearing this garbage recently and couldn't hear anything but him swishing around the woods. You can't even lift your arm without a loud swoosh! It's not even that I'd worry about the game hearing it but that I couldn't hear them over the racket so close to the body. My 

Nothing worse then trying to rattle in big bucks while wearing gortex...how ever...on a mtn hunt you couldn't pry the stuff from my warm dry hands

A rainy day in the high country is the one place I could see using it. But the noise would still bug me. 

[haugenna]

I have had both the Yukon and the chugach. The Yukon was louder in my opinion. My first thought was that both are noisy. I use the attack and guide jacket more than I thought I would in the rain and wet brush and that solves the noise issue and has excellent dwr and dry quickly.  If it is really coming down then I put on my chugach and the noise is covered by the rain. As another suggested, going super slow and being mindful of every step cuts down on the swooshing.

[Houndhunter]

I prefer the Chugach gear to the Yukon, its not as loud and the pants are not as wide so less the legs don't rub as much together. Kuiu rain gear is loud tho, no way around it, but it'll keep you dry. It has it's time and place just not on every type of hunt

[follow maggie]

My thoughts are that it is not all that fair to complain about a product for something it never promised to be.  Kuiu doesn't say the pants will be quiet, so complaining about it seems odd.  Maybe like buying downhill skis and complaining they suck as cross country skis.

Especially when it hasn't been worn outside the house, yet.

[Buzz2401]

The noise of all these "high tech" companies rain gear is what has kept me from buying.  I'd rather be wet and quiet then dry and noisy

[Magnum_Willys]

Mine are super quiet....     Huh ? Whatcha say ?

[pope]

I find gore-tex with camo fleece OVER it is warm, dry and quiet. I buy the fleece for $20 and go to REI garage sales to find super cheap gore-tex shells. It doesn't need to be camo because I'm going to put fleece over it. I wouldn't even consider paying for high-tec hunting clothing unless I felt it gave me perfect performance that I could not find elsewhere.

[boneaddict]

Too noisy for me

[baker5150]

I find gore-tex with camo fleece OVER it is warm, dry and quiet. I buy the fleece for $20 and go to REI garage sales to find super cheap gore-tex shells. It doesn't need to be camo because I'm going to put fleece over it. I wouldn't even consider paying for high-tec hunting clothing unless I felt it gave me perfect performance that I could not find elsewhere.

Does it breathe?

Layering over a waterproof/breathable garment usually traps the moisture escaping, defeating the purpose.  Especially when the outer layer is wet. 

This is why I don't buy products that have a waterproof liner and an outer layer that doesn't at least repel water.  Once the outer layer is soaked it can't breathe anymore, trapping moisture and you end up wet from sweat or trapped moisture.

There is no perfect solution in my eyes. 

[pope]

Yes, I stay pretty dry but I don't move fast enough to sweat or get too warm.