New Sitka Waders

[curtdiesel]

  $850 - 950

One hunder bucks for the addion of a zipper.  I got an email today from Macks PW that had them available here:

https://www.mackspw.com/search?keywords=newsitkawaders

The $849 pairs without zippers were gone fast.  I love the pattern and love that they are made in the USA.  I hope my Cabelas breathable waders hold up for a long time to come though.  No need to have 2 pairs and no desire to have to spend that much for the ones that I would prefer to have.

Once I win the lotto I can buy a pair along with a Duckworth Boat.

[Timberstalker]

Guaranteed to bring in more ducks!

[Bucks2Ducks]

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.

[vandeman17]

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.

Its all about the success pics...

[johnnyaustin44]

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.

Its all about the success pics...

Bingo. Give the people what they want. Dead ducks!!!!

[92xj]

Says the two guys with success pictures as their profile pictures on social media right here on huntwa 

[KopperBuck]

Been waiting for these to come out. Give me something to snicker about if I hunt the refuge at all.

[full choke]

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.

[KopperBuck]

Those guys are funny too.

[Stein]

Funny thing is they are all about the same.  Simms doesn't have a special neoprene, same factory in China cranks it all out.  Same YouTubes on how to patch holes, too.

[7mmfan]

But I'm on year 4 of my Simms G4 pros, and if I get a leak, I can send them to Simms and they'll fix or replace them for me. They are also the most durable Gore Tex waders I've ever owned. Do 1000x better in blackberries and brush than any heavy duty neoprene wader on the market.

[Mfowl]

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.

Hmmm...I know someone with a trailer full of DSD's and a bunch of acrylic calls...

[h2ofowlr]

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.

[ian_padron]

It's all relative fellas.

$850 is chump change for a lot more hunters than you'd think, especially here in WA.

I think they look like a solid option once my trusty old neoprene Cabelas waders fail, way more versatile and you won't sweat your balls off early in the season.

The pattern is cool and Lacrosse boots are a heck of a lot more comfy than the generic rubber boots on most traditional wader brands.

The thing I've come to enjoy most about my Sitka gear is how sleak it is. No more super puffy, bulky parkas and layers. Just a system that works with your body in a wide range of conditions.

 I like some of their pieces and have found them to be worth the price based on how much comfort they add to a hunt.

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[johnnyaustin44]

Waders are a pretty important piece of waterfowl gear. I don’t skimp on those and I sure hate having wet feet. I’d probably be a buyer eventually but the boots are a size too small for my feet. Rogers it is for me.

[Bucks2Ducks]

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.

I realize your in the blind a lot, but 2-3 pairs a season?? My rogers breathable's were $180 and I got 2 full seasons out of them (same can be said for the guys I hunt with). And the warranty I saw on the sitka waders was "repair at reasonable cost, from normal wear and tear." Not trying to knock the company as I have some products I love and got for a reasonable price. I just cant justify the waders. But hey people still spend $500+ on a Yeti cooler when  they could of got a different branded roto molded cooler for half the price that is just as good .

[Stein]

I have a $250 pair of shoes that I only olympic lift in, so I'm not knocking getting good stuff you like.

I hunt 20-30 times a season for duck plus whatever fishing and clamming.  I get 3 seasons warm and dry from a sale $100 pair of waders.  I do a ton of hiking all to publicly accessible spots.

You don't need those things to kill ducks, but I bet they are nice to wear.  It's kind of like my new shotgun, I don't really kill any more birds than with the 870, I just go through more shells and have more fun.

[JBG]

I cant wait to get these.  I had a pair of the breathable cabelas waders for years.  Then in the last 3 years I've gone through about 4 pairs, 3 cabelas (one which leaked out of the box) and the other were the $300 LL Bean waders.  I like the fact that these are made in USA instead of the crap made in CHINA.  I think waaaaaayyy to much of our gear is made overseas taking away jobs from Americans.  I have a pair of SIMMS that i bought for $400 right when I graduated from college.  15 years later they still work great.  I cant wait. 

[EWUeagles]

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.

Not a lifetime warranty. It is a lifetime if they determine it was a manufacturer defect. If you go through 2-3 pair of waders a season I can assume it's not from manufacturer defect and you probably poke holes in them from tree branches. My understanding is that would not be covered under the warranty. You would have the option to send them back to repair them at your cost.

That being said Simms have been making 900 dollar waders for years and are in hot demand. I'm sure the waders will be very good waders and it's nice to see more with zippers in the front. It will be nice to read reviews of these in 5-10 years to see how they held up.

[couesbitten]

I'm thinking that waders from USIA will be my next pair.

http://www.shopusia.com/waders/

[Timberstalker]

Seeing that those USIA's are custom built, they seem like a great deal.

[HaydenHunter]

https://gearjunkie.com/patagonia-danner-wading-boot 

Move over Sitka and your expensive waders.  Here is a set of $550 wading boots!

[Johnny Doe]

Seeing 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 

[Timberstalker]

Seeing 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 

Reminds me of that Seinfeld episode!   Lmao!

[Stein]

Seeing 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 

I own a USIA drysuit and am never cold.  They are designed to wear insulation separate and then you can adjust as the temperatures change.  That said, I wouldn't ever plan to use that same material for something I am putting miles in.

[7mmfan]

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.

[vandeman17]

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.

Scooped up my first pair of breathable waders last year as well. So nice to hike in and mine have a zip out liner so early season scouting and hunts I take it out and late season I just layer. The only thing I miss about neoprene is that it keeps you warmer when you are standing in water for an extended time. Other than that, breathable all the way