Cabelas Dry Plus Premium vs Simms Freestone waders.

I thought that I had put my wader belt in my backpack, but I could be mistaken. I'll
check in the morn.

Thanks for notifying me, and thanks for comin' down to fish with me!

Mark


"asadi...." wrote in message
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I have to disagree.

I doubt if the waders you have will last longer. Especially since I found a
belt'/strap in my van that I do not recognize. Perhaps it's yours? Better
check, if son then I will send it to you and maybe then, just maybe, your
waders will last longer.

john

I thought that I had put my wader belt in my backpack, but I could be mistaken. I'll
check in the morn.

Thanks for notifying me, and thanks for comin' down to fish with me!

Mark


"asadi...." wrote in message
link.net...
I have to disagree.

I doubt if the waders you have will last longer. Especially since I found a
belt'/strap in my van that I do not recognize. Perhaps it's yours? Better
check, if son then I will send it to you and maybe then, just maybe, your
waders will last longer.

john

I have to disagree.

I doubt if the waders you have will last longer. Especially since I found a
belt'/strap in my van that I do not recognize. Perhaps it's yours? Better
check, if son then I will send it to you and maybe then, just maybe, your
waders will last longer.

john

"Guyz-N-Flyz" wrote in message
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"CR" wrote in message
om...
I just ordered a pair of Cabelas Dry Plus Premium waders for $140. I'm
wondering if I should have gotten the Simms Freestone waders for $150?
My only concern is durability. Will the Simms Freestones last longer
than the Cabelas?

Yes, Simms will last longer.

Mark --especially, if you never wear them--

I just ordered a pair of Cabelas Dry Plus Premium waders for $140. I'm
wondering if I should have gotten the Simms Freestone waders for $150?
My only concern is durability. Will the Simms Freestones last longer
than the Cabelas?

Hard to say. Not all flyshops are in love with Simms products. The
great thing about Cabelas is the customer service. You have problems
with those waders and you will get a replacement pair ASAP. With Simms,
you may wait weeks. Plus, Simms will slop some goop on the surface and
call it done. Do you really want to wait weeks, while the BWOs are
hatching?

The freestones are good for light fishing. I bought a pair for my father
who promptly caught a not-so-sharp edge of a gaurd-rail and ripped 'em
pretty good. I patched them for Dad and they've been fine ever since.

Bouncer's comment about waiting for returns from Simms is very accurate.
Their turn around is not too quick, by any means.
"CR" wrote in message
om...
I just ordered a pair of Cabelas Dry Plus Premium waders for $140. I'm
wondering if I should have gotten the Simms Freestone waders for $150?
My only concern is durability. Will the Simms Freestones last longer
than the Cabelas?

I would have ordered a pair of simms if I could have found any in the rights
size: inseam (31) and shoe size (a real 12) always causes a problem. I ordered
the cabelas guide-weight breathables for that reason.

they're great in every aspect EXCEPT:

they developed a leak on the thigh seam and I'm bummed. Got to send them back
but this is still prime time in the salt surf for which they are still ok 90%
of the time.

As others have said, you will go through 5 pairs of anything (usually) vs. 1
pair of Simms. Of course, your mileage may vary.

-- Rob
-- so much fishing, so little time --
--please remuv the 'NOWAY2it' from my email addy to email me--

OWAY2it (-- Rob) wrote in
:

As others have said, you will go through 5 pairs of anything (usually)
vs. 1 pair of Simms. Of course, your mileage may vary.


This probably doesn't hold true for the Freestones

Scott

OWAY2it (-- Rob) wrote in
:

As others have said, you will go through 5 pairs of anything (usually)
vs. 1 pair of Simms. Of course, your mileage may vary.


This probably doesn't hold true for the Freestones

Scott

CR wrote:

I just ordered a pair of Cabelas Dry Plus Premium waders for $140. I'm
wondering if I should have gotten the Simms Freestone waders for $150?
My only concern is durability. Will the Simms Freestones last longer
than the Cabelas?

My experience with the Cabelas waders was good news/bad news. The good
news was they refunded my money promptly, and I ended up buying a pair
of Simms guide waders from them. The bad news was a serious design flaw
that developed leaks in them with very little use. What they did was to
glue a tape of the breathable material over the seams on the inside.
Where three seams came together they glued a circular patch of the same
material. Unfortunately the edges of the tapes and the patches showed
through on the outside like panties through tight lycra. The friction of
walking around in them wore holes at these edges along the inseams, and
I am not particularly big in the thighs. The first leaks appeared about
the fourth day I used them. I hung in with them for a couple of months
using lots of Aquaseal, but finally sent them back. I found myself
wondering whether they did any serious testing of them. The Simms waders
have been just fine.

Mike

CR wrote:
I just ordered a pair of Cabelas Dry Plus Premium waders for $140. I'm
wondering if I should have gotten the Simms Freestone waders for $150?
My only concern is durability. Will the Simms Freestones last longer
than the Cabelas?

If you read enough reviews about the Cabelas waders, you'll find people
are very happy with Cabelas, customer service. I decided to buy Simms.

brians