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I have been reading everyone's input and waiting to personally respond. I fish what I feel is pretty hard (just about every night) and put a lot of miles on waders walking the beaches of the cape and later in the season, Rhode Island. I can see how people's opinions of what works for them really depends on the the type of environment they will mostly be in, i.e rocks or sand.
Last year alone, I went through 8 pairs of Orvis waders, with another pair waiting to go back. I think I am the main reason they changed their policy,(sorry).
I used to fish with Cabella's neoprene waders, but after too many close calls with heat exhaustion draggin fish, I tried a pair of the Proline breathables figuring they were a good value, a brethable wader for under hundred beans. Well, they didn't last a full season. They started to leak in the knees from kneeling with a lack of double knees, and they gave me that dreaded leg rubbing that would rub my legs raw where the boot met the wader material.
I figured I would go with the Orvis due to the great warranty that justified the 200+ dollar investment. I usually got about 3 weeks out of each pair before they started to leak in that neoprene strip between the boot and the wader.
I will say that they never rubbed me raw though.
After my 6th pair, they upgraded me from the regular Silver Labels to the hking boot model, and I'll tell ya, it was like going from 2 wheel drive to four wheel drive walking. Made a huge difference.
It seems Slingah has found what I warned him about based upon others opinions regarding stocking foot waders and sand. You just can't keep the sand out of the boot.
Gonna have to look into some of the other wader options suggested by many since Orvis no longer seems like a justifiable route.
But then again the nights I see guys out on the beach fishing in shorts and barefoot makes me wonder why I even need waders.
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