Breathable Wader Review

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by snake slinger

my cabelas breathable are really breathing now.last nite landing a fish in the surf i grabed the leader and pulled the fish to me i was trying to get my hand in its mouth and it shook its head and stuck a treble threw my waders.i must have looked real dumb with a plug stuck to me and a fish.

Hook holes are possibly the easiest repair when it comes to breathables, they are easy to see and unless it's a big hole just a dab of Aquaseal should make them as good as new.

[snake slinger]

thank you pete do you guys carry that?

[Pete_G]

We've got it.

[fishaholic18]

I've been pretty happy with my breathables from LLBean also. I know Canalman has ripped 3 pairs and had them all replaced no questions asked. Are you guys causing trouble again on here?

[Pete_G]

I guess just for market research reasons I'm interested in this, but how many people actually patch their breathables if and when they get a rip or puncture? No matter what the wader I'm good for at least one treble, one barnacle, and one random hole in my waders in an average year, all of which I patch.

With UV activated wader sealants, repairs for small holes in breathables is literally a 2 minute operation. A little longer if you use Aquaseal.

Sometimes it seems like a lot of returns are done just because the customer can. This kind of goes back to my other point in this thread, I hate downtime. Even a couple of days frustrates me. I have 3 pairs of waders just in case one goes down in an unrepairable death...

That and I like my waders to look used. I hate looking like a n00b in brand new waders.

[RIROCKHOUND]

I patch mine until they are shreds..
My last pair of neoprenes had numerous patches, of either aquaseal, or my favorite, a combo of aquaseal and duct tape.. works like a charm

[basswipe]

If I can fix it myself I will but I will check with the vendor if doing so will negate the warranty.If it does then I'll return the product,but that's what backups are for.

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by basswipe

If I can fix it myself I will but I will check with the vendor if doing so will negate the warranty.If it does then I'll return the product,but that's what backups are for.

At least with the various dealers I've dealt with, none have ever had any issue with users patching their waders. They'd probably prefer we patched them more often ourselves since they really don't want to see a pair come back.

[spence]

Originally Posted by Pete_G

I guess just for market research reasons I'm interested in this, but how many people actually patch their breathables if and when they get a rip or puncture?

I've patched my LL Bean breathables at least 5 times. The iron on patch kit they supply works really well, they come out just like new.

You may be asking yourself, who takes an iron with them fishing? You've never fished with B.I. Jeff

-spence

[piemma]

No Lie. 30mph wind, driving rain, Thursday night and he looked like Little Lord Fonteroy