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★★★★★
For the price these are great.
Pros:
- Belt at waist
- elastic at chest opening.
- can be worn either as hip or chest waders given the hip belt.
- While I don't think these would stand up to a good scrape along a sharp rock, they will standup to just about everything else. As tested by walking through a Maine forest and prehistoric Maine brook.
- there is plenty of stretch which makes it easy to wear for a long time/for long distances.
- Buying a size 10 resulted in a size 10 foot size
Cons:
- As a size 10 US shoe size, 6ft, 160lbs man, who bought the size 10. These are built tall and wide. If I was a few inches shorter, the back cross strap would ride the back of my neck.
The straps and elastic however would allow you to wear the waders even if much shorter since the amount of adjustment in front of the cross strap is excellent.
- There is a definite smell when you get these but it does dissipate fast. After 6 days of use, the smell is only noticeable if I leave them for a time in my hot car.
I truly expect these to last a few years without issue, which is more than expected than similar ones at this price point. I reviewed a pair if chest waders at the $40 mark (I boight
June 2018 · Sports and Outdoors · verified purchase