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Chunker of Death · 07-18-2004, 11:01 AM

The one that has held up the best for me is the LL Bean line of wading shoes. I'm on my third season with the Ultralight Wading Shoe. Not the least expensive ($109 for the studded model) but very rugged and reasonably comfortable (if you replace the OEM insoles with a gel type). Best part is that Bean's will take them back if they fail to perform for yah. The studded version is called the Aqua Stealth w studes. They also sell it as a Aqua Stealth w/o studs and a felt model too. The studded option gives yah amazing traction. Oh, I forgot to mention that I pulled a eyelet out of one of Bean's wading boots some years back. They didn't carry the same boot so let me choose what I wanted. I went with the Ultralight boot even though it was $45 more then what I had paid two years before. The sales person said that wasn't an issue as it was a FREE upgrade. It was obvious that I had taken care of my gear and that the product had failed through no fault of mine.

07-18-2004, 11:01 AM	#3
Chunker of Death Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Freezing on a ledge somewhere on the Maine coast Posts: 82	The one that has held up the best for me is the LL Bean line of wading shoes. I'm on my third season with the Ultralight Wading Shoe. Not the least expensive ($109 for the studded model) but very rugged and reasonably comfortable (if you replace the OEM insoles with a gel type). Best part is that Bean's will take them back if they fail to perform for yah. The studded version is called the Aqua Stealth w studes. They also sell it as a Aqua Stealth w/o studs and a felt model too. The studded option gives yah amazing traction. Oh, I forgot to mention that I pulled a eyelet out of one of Bean's wading boots some years back. They didn't carry the same boot so let me choose what I wanted. I went with the Ultralight boot even though it was $45 more then what I had paid two years before. The sales person said that wasn't an issue as it was a FREE upgrade. It was obvious that I had taken care of my gear and that the product had failed through no fault of mine.