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Orvis will still send a new pair replacement if your granfathered in. Bought my first pair 12 years ago and had 1 replacement no charge after 6 years. Then this year returned again and as the price had gone up from my first pair had to pay the $50 difference plus the $10 to ship back the old pair. Still not a bad deal.
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What about the knees on the G3's? How durable are they?
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CAll and talk to one of the service reps at simms, i was very impressed after speaking to her yesterday about the warranty, and repair costs. Ive burned through 3 pairs of beans , breathables and neoprenes, last pair didnt even make it 1 1/2 months. ALso simms are American Made, not some shoddy import where some guy putting them together is getting $24 .. a month.
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Your wrong because now I have almost 7 monthes on the simms G3 and they are as good as the day they were baught, beans just dont last. So hopefully this answers the durabilty question, I fish as hard or harder than most and its all around rocks, I dont baby these waders and they are like Iron !! |
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:lurk: Here we go again!
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ya ok, I dont know what I m talking about, |
I dont know anything.............exept........That my waders are as good as the day I baught them :kewl:
" I fish hard, very hard" ohhhhhhhhh man give me a break...........ROOKIE :doh: |
the #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& lives in his waders they gotabee tuff.
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It is very easy to fish hard and smart. we do it all the time :vamp:
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I dont care what you catch, where you catch, how you catch..al I know is my waders are as good as the day I baught them :kewl: :kewl: At least everyone here knows who I am I dont "troll" behing a name and have a lame biogrphy of who I am just to hide on the internet.. |
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Eben, where are the dannys you were going to make me? Instead of casting them at my head cant you just give ma a couple?? :jump1: |
This thread is too informative to move, like the last one where our new member started a pissing contest.
I'm just gonna edit out the crap. You arrived with a real bang, NoSpots4U. :doh: Lighten up or your stay here may be a brief one. Jeez, and it's only Octiber. God help us come February :wall: |
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-spence |
Good wine takes time :D
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I stated an opinion and was hopped on right away. Sorry if I can't just sit and take it. |
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you stated your opinion by saying I was full of it, that was not needed, all I said was you were wrong and that it was more than a month on the wader review go back and read your post.......... |
Knock it off now. Please.
Nospots. Personal attacks aren't welcome here. State your opinion. I left the treads where you stated your opinion, and edited out the personal jibes you threw at Bill. Then, I edited out his returns at you, and other members' comments that added to the flame war. The only reason this thread is still here, and still open, is that there is good information here, including your opinion. I have better things to do today than edit a dozen posts in a thread. I don't like closing or removing threads. So, just be nice to each other. If you disagree, just say so. Don't get personal and call anyone illiterate, or whatever else went on here. |
Mike,
My wife and I could use a little time off during the evening from our 2 year old son. Do you moonlight? :rolleyes: :rotf2: -spence |
OK Mike :angel: :angel:
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Group hug please.
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BACK TO THE WADERS! I think I said this before some mo.'s ago but -
Like Pete G. said, Orvis sells lifestyle, not gear for pro's. I have a pair of the Orvis lace-up bootfoot breathables that leaked practically out of the box. The story for warranty coverage is too long to go into.I ended up repairing them myself and now they're spares. Beacuse I like the lace-up bootfoot style, I bought Cabelas at 1/2 the price. O.K- They are a little baggy but I'm fishing, not stylin'. They have padded knees, which anyone who's been in construction for 30 yrs. like me, really appreciates when crawling up a favorite rock. They don't leak-2 yrs mininmum 3 days/nights a week- and if they do the cost to replace them is cheap. |
You know, I have been thru so many waders in my life ! I am just so impressed with the simms , I think more from a comfort standpoint. As for abrasion, I fished Block Island two weeks ago and was in some craggy, nasty, surf...I was knocked down more than once onto barnicle encrusted rocks etc... while I was bruised, the waders are no worse for the wear. also the breathability is amazing, no more clammy feeling, they wick out moiture very well, and it amazes me because I am never wet. When I started it was all rubber waders and man were those uncomfortable. I really think you get what you pay for in most cases. While I had sticker shock at first I now feel it was the single best investment I made this year in equipment.
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For those with stocking foot waders, what wading boot do you like? How about felt vs. Aquastealth or studded vs. unstudded? I'm planning on purchasing a pair of Bean West Branch stocking foot waders but I am still undecided on the wading boots. If I go with unstudded boots, I would also pick up a pair of Korkers.
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I bought 2 bags of chota boot screws for my simms and now feel like a F#$$%
mountain goat on jetties LOL [good] felt is ok for LIGHT slime[ie freshwater] b. breathable bootfoot rool. + just discovered that the suspenders have male - female snaps so you can turn them into a belt to adjust into pants! .... :walk: there is a review of the G3's on http://www.tackletour.com/ |
I've been using the G-3's most of this season and they are definitely the best waders I've ever used -- that includes Orvis, LL Bean, Cabelas, Redington -- all of which leaked...
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I would be concerned with G-3s as well as any stocking foot type boot, as beach sand tends to wear holes between the stocking foot and the shoe.
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My Cabelas G-II breathables are holding up just fine.I certainly don't fish as hard as some folks here but so far so good.
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basswipe i got a pair of cabelas g-2 about a month ago they dont leak but the seam tape on the bootys is comeing loose are yours doing this?i like the bootys on the simms they form rite to your feet.
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At some point in the future I may step up to Gold Medal or Guide Tech breathables but for now G-IIs are fine.And if I win the lottery I'll jump on the Simms and hang a Saltiga on my Lami! |
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#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&, do you have any issues with water leaking through the boot? I bought gravel guards for mine but still get some water between the waders and the boots.
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As for the shoes, I use the Simms L2 Wading shoe with felt sole, I also have the L2 In aquastealth sole with the studs and interchange there use depending on where I am fishing, Overall My nod goes to the felt sole for comfort and on most rocks I really dont have a problem with the felt. I fished everyplace on Block Island with the felt and had no trouble...... |
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kippy, gravel guards aren't made to stop water...they stop "gravel/sand/debris" from getting within the seam of the ankle. That point is a pivoting point and any debris trapped in those wrinkles will wear out the neo in that area....best thing is to swim nekked |
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