waders....help deciding

[doc]

i picked up some silver-label orvis attached boots...i think the boots have pretty poor traction compared to my neoprene ll bean waders...they are nice and light though...

[Saltheart]

I like the orvis breathables. they are expensive normally but they have sales every year where the price is cut in half. i believe they have a lifetime warrantee too. very light. I like the bootfoot though. for the fall when its cold i like the neoprene. I bought muy orvis down the cape. i think the store is between falmouth and hyannis. maybe just past teaticket in falmouth. Its a small store inside a big factory outlet type shopping plaza.

[bloocrab]

I think the Orvis store is in the Mashpee commons, not sure if it's still open but that's where it was...there's also another one somewhere near the Quincy Market in Boston.

I think your best bet (when financially possible), is to buy 2 breathables. Every pair will eventually leak, and it will be in the middle of the season sometime. If you own 2 pair, you never go with-out. This way you can send the leaky pair back and never miss a beat. If your 2nd pair leaks while you're waiting for the 1st pair to return, you're just plain unlucky and should give up fishing all-together.

I have 1 pair of ORVIS and the 2nd pair LLBean.

No questions asked from either party on returns. I've actually driven up to the store in Boston and had them replaced on the spot with minimal questioning.