On 06 May 2004 22:41:36 GMT, ojunk (George Adams) wrote:

From: daytripper

On Thu, 06 May 2004 21:26:35 GMT, Steve Sullivan wrote:

Cons: A big one, the knee patch's have a slit on the front that allows
water to fill up the whole patch. VERY VERY annoying. I hope Orvis
fixes this "design".

I've been using Silver Labels for a few years now. I noticed those openings,
but I don't ever recall any measurable amount of water holding behind the
patches once I've hauled out of the stream.

In fact I believe they are there
specifically to avoid water being retained behind the patches - and that
still
seems to have been a good design decision to me.


Yup, the slit is there to allow the water to drain. Haven't had a problem with
mine.

It just dawned on me that perhaps Mr. Sullivan's waders have the knee patches
sewn on up-side-down, so that the "v" notch is above the knee instead of
below.

If that's the case, I can see how they could fill up and retain water out of
the stream, which might even rise to the level of "aggravating"...

/daytripper (...and if it is the case, take 'em back for a replacement...)