Waders

[Night goat]

Ive always just gone with the 100 or so dollar cabelas generic waders and seemed to destroy a pair every other season.... And ive just written it off as a gear expense like fishing gear or shotgun shells or gas for the rig/boat

Saw a pair of 900$ Sitka goretex waders at the gear shop earlier this season.....

My impression of Sitka is that unless you basically hunt/live outside a good portion of the year there are more realistic options (for the 99% of us) but, being a snowboarder who spends 3 months a year (weekend wise) at the ski area, premium gear has its place, and even if you dont "break even" this year, does that super primo stuff hold up in the long term?  That being said im still running gear thats 10+ years old and when i board im wet by beer thirty


That being said is the super spendy hunting gear worth saving up for? Or is it just like Gucci or Snap-on tools or Louis Vuitton for rednecks/outdoors folk

Is there a craftsman tools level of gear for average joes like us?

the Rodgers and Frog Togg breathable were $230 and seem to be about as cheap and good as you get fro breathable

Does breathable mean a generic term for goretex? I mean to me that sitka stuff looks as *censored*y as can be unless your job demands it like northface or Helly Hansen, like I wouldnt be
Surprised of Sitka gear ended up at REI

[Stein]

Ive always just gone with the 100 or so dollar cabelas generic waders and seemed to destroy a pair every other season.... And ive just written it off as a gear expense like fishing gear or shotgun shells or gas for the rig/boat

Saw a pair of 900$ Sitka goretex waders at the gear shop earlier this season.....

My impression of Sitka is that unless you basically hunt/live outside a good portion of the year there are more realistic options (for the 99% of us) but, being a snowboarder who spends 3 months a year (weekend wise) at the ski area, premium gear has its place, and even if you dont "break even" this year, does that super primo stuff hold up in the long term?  That being said im still running gear thats 10+ years old and when i board im wet by beer thirty


That being said is the super spendy hunting gear worth saving up for? Or is it just like Gucci or Snap-on tools or Louis Vuitton for rednecks/outdoors folk

Is there a craftsman tools level of gear for average joes like us?

the Rodgers and Frog Togg breathable were $230 and seem to be about as cheap and good as you get fro breathable

Does breathable mean a generic term for goretex? I mean to me that sitka stuff looks as *censored*y as can be unless your job demands it like northface or Helly Hansen, like I wouldnt be
Surprised of Sitka gear ended up at REI

The Rogers ones are either Goretex or a very similar material, look and feel the same as a typical laminated jacket.  I would guess they are not Goretex or the would advertise it, but they don't say either way.

I get one good season out of neoprenes before they leak, then one ok year, then as many not good years as I can take.  If these keep me dry for two seasons with or without repairing I'm happy.  Anything beyond that is bonus territory.  I'm not looking for 100% dry perfection, just not enough water on my jeans that I can't go into a store on the way home from seam leaks that always pop up in the least convenient location.....

[Night goat]

Ive always just gone with the 100 or so dollar cabelas generic waders and seemed to destroy a pair every other season.... And ive just written it off as a gear expense like fishing gear or shotgun shells or gas for the rig/boat

Saw a pair of 900$ Sitka goretex waders at the gear shop earlier this season.....

My impression of Sitka is that unless you basically hunt/live outside a good portion of the year there are more realistic options (for the 99% of us) but, being a snowboarder who spends 3 months a year (weekend wise) at the ski area, premium gear has its place, and even if you dont "break even" this year, does that super primo stuff hold up in the long term?  That being said im still running gear thats 10+ years old and when i board im wet by beer thirty


That being said is the super spendy hunting gear worth saving up for? Or is it just like Gucci or Snap-on tools or Louis Vuitton for rednecks/outdoors folk

Is there a craftsman tools level of gear for average joes like us?

the Rodgers and Frog Togg breathable were $230 and seem to be about as cheap and good as you get fro breathable

Does breathable mean a generic term for goretex? I mean to me that sitka stuff looks as *censored*y as can be unless your job demands it like northface or Helly Hansen, like I wouldnt be
Surprised of Sitka gear ended up at REI

The Rogers ones are either Goretex or a very similar material, look and feel the same as a typical laminated jacket.  I would guess they are not Goretex or the would advertise it, but they don't say either way.

I get one good season out of neoprenes before they leak, then one ok year, then as many not good years as I can take.  If these keep me dry for two seasons with or without repairing I'm happy.  Anything beyond that is bonus territory.  I'm not looking for 100% dry perfection, just not enough water on my jeans that I can't go into a store on the way home from seam leaks that always pop up in the least convenient location.....

You wear jeans under waders? How does that work it? I wore polar fleece pants under my neoprene hodgmans the other day and screwed up and didnt wear wool socks, and my.cotton socks were the only things that absorbed moisture and it was misery... Maybe its cuz I use to commercial fish in alaska and lived in sweat pants and.only wore jeans if I was in town or goin to the bar   

[Cylvertip]

The Cabelas Dry Plus breathables are pretty damn tough.  When there is a hole, loctite fabric glue is a quick easy fix.  I wear the waist high ones year round for nuisance beaver trapping.  I bust a lot of brush.