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If they had an unconditional life time warranty I could justify the price. Personally I've never had waders last through the 3rd season, whether they were $100 or $350. No thanks, but I don't have a social media crowd to impress either.
Quote from: Bucks2Ducks on June 15, 2018, 10:01:57 AMIf they had an unconditional life time warranty I could justify the price. Personally I've never had waders last through the 3rd season, whether they were $100 or $350. No thanks, but I don't have a social media crowd to impress either.Its all about the success pics...
Just think about how many pairs of these waders a guy could buy if he didn't buy a 3/4 diesel pickup to tow around his 16ft aluminum boat? Or if he didn't have 6+ $150 duck calls hanging on his lanyard? Or a trailer full of Dave Smith decoys? I guess it is all just perspective. Maybe a guy hunts 70 days a year and fishes another 70 days and wants to be comfortable? Idk, plenty of dudes in the fly fishing world buy Simms waders- they aren't much cheaper.
Everyone is like wow on the price. Duck and goose hunting is big money. When you go back east, most of these club guys are paying $5k - $15k a season to hunt these upscale clubs. They have money. A comfortable wader with a lifetime warranty isn't a bad deal. I usually go through 2-3 pairs of the breathable ones a season. Unfortunately the pro-staff guys don't get the deal on them this year. If you work at a store that sales them, you probably will have a pair purchased. They can't make them fast enough unfortunately.I will purchase the zipper ones next season.
Seeing that those USIA's are custom built, they seem like a great deal.
Quote from: Timberstalker on July 10, 2018, 09:43:31 AMSeeing that those USIA's are custom built, they seem like a great deal.The owner/operator is on the Ifish forum all the time. Seems like a great company to deal with, unfortunately un-insulated and non-neoprene means Brrrrrrrr
Been wearing breathables for years and will never go back to neoprene. Layering underneath for the conditions is so much more comfortable than big bulky heavy sweaty neoprene.