Chest waders ( opinion )

[goose1242]

hey, i noticed that there are plenty of new products coming out this year. i am looking for a pair of good light weight chest waders. With anyone's experience which one's breath the best. my teal season in sept. and regular season starting November get pretty hot. i like lacrosse but i dont want the things to puncture or leak. i noticed www.drakewaterfowl.com are making some chest waders that are kinda what i want but since they are new i'm skeptical.

let me know

[hotsauce]

well all my buddies go for the real expensive pairs that say wont rip and have rip pertection and that is only part true. a few of them they had the waders for 4 months and the waders had holes in them so my advice is go cheap i got the 3 mm bone dry basspro ones with the boots seperate and i love them. they have got 2 holes in the past season and i just patch them up it is quick and easy. i just figured that buying 250 dollar waders and having them rip was kind of senseless if u know what i mean.

[ruger2506]

hey, i noticed that there are plenty of new products coming out this year. i am looking for a pair of good light weight chest waders. With anyone's experience which one's breath the best. my teal season in sept. and regular season starting November get pretty hot. i like lacrosse but i dont want the things to puncture or leak. i noticed www.drakewaterfowl.com are making some chest waders that are kinda what i want but since they are new i'm skeptical.

let me know

I am always hot, even standing in freezing water in November I am fairly comfortable. So I wear the Cableas First Flight Breathable waders. When it gets late season I put on a pair of wader pants and fleece socks and I'm good to go. I've always been plagued with being to hot and this is not an issue during the hot days of September. Also we have a couple honey holes back in the brush. I can push through this underbrush without fear of tearing my waders. I can't say enough about these waders.

I'm in Northern MN, so our seasons can get pretty cold come November.

[J Kryspin]

hey, i noticed that there are plenty of new products coming out this year. i am looking for a pair of good light weight chest waders. With anyone's experience which one's breath the best. my teal season in sept. and regular season starting November get pretty hot. i like lacrosse but i dont want the things to puncture or leak. i noticed www.drakewaterfowl.com are making some chest waders that are kinda what i want but since they are new i'm skeptical.

let me know

Don't be skeptical. If you like them, buy them. If, in the unforeseen instance that something happens, I'm sure Drake's CS would take care of you on a new item like these.

[Jesse Johnson]

I dont know anything about the new drake waders. Lacrosse makes a wader called alpha swamp fox. They are a lighter weight wader, mainly for teal and early season hunting. Lacrosse is also great about standing behind their products.

[Chris Downs]

Mack's website is showing a new Mack's breathable wader. Might be worth checking out.

[Mark Brendemuehl]

I don't know anything about those waders, but I have a pair or Cabelas Warrior waders that I have just for the exact reasons you say and I like mine. They are very lightweight, breathable, and any wader that makes it over a year with me and doesn't have holes, I am all for. I have had this pair for 3 years now with no leaks, no problems. They are cool in early goose season and warm in Novemeber in Minnesota.
Mark

[gooseband]

I have seen those Drake waders first hand and they are sweet! I heard they are going to be pricey, but I think, they would be worth it. The only thing I didn't like about them is they don't have a built in shell holder.

[CREW1]

I am usually a Lacrosse man through and through, but cabelas has a pair of light weight waders that are awesome. I won a pair in a calling contest or I would have never known. In Alabama our early goose and teal are the first part of Sept. and those are the only waders that I have found are bearable. Light, comfortable and you can wear them with shorts, in 90* heat those !200 thinsulates I usually wear just don't get it done.

[Josh Carda]

Those look pretty sweet, drake usually makes some pretty nice stuff.

[marshrat]

In SE TX, it is not uncommon for early teal season to be 90 degrees. I use the Hodgeman breatheables throughout the season. I get them one size too big and usually just add a pair of pants in the winter or what we call a winter down here. Most of the time I have breatheables and shorts on underneath. I hear that Gander Mtn. Guide Series is OK. It will also depend on what kind of price you are interested in paying. I have seen several pair of breatheables that are 150+. I think that is ridiculous, but that's just me.

[wapsigoose]

I bought a pair of Gander Mtn. neoprene waders 4 yrs. ago for around 150 bucks. They are light weight and comphy but a bit warm in the early season. I will say they have worn really well and are surprizingly tough. I've wore them turkey hunting and deer hunting a couple of times in the rain to keep dry and not trash my pricey rain suit. Again, they've held up great.