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Started by Fishtales, September 18, 2021, 05:30:48 PM

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Hoolet

I'd a pretty dear pair of Orvis waders, barely lasted a season & leaked like a sieve right from the off.... Never again!

Hoolet
Ye Canny Fry A Rise!

Wildfisher

I no longer buy expensive waders George. The Magreel breathable waders I bought on Amazon have had a full, hard season on wader destroying  burns  and are still OK, no leaks. They were about £50

arawa

Quote from: Hoolet on September 19, 2021, 06:02:00 PM
I'd a pretty dear pair of Orvis waders, barely lasted a season & leaked like a sieve right from the off.... Never again!

Hoolet

I have a pair of the Ultralights that have done me for the last 2 seasons - mainly for float tubing. No problems at all and most impressed with how comfortable they have been when walking in them in the heat.

Hoolet

I'd honestly have been better off wet wading, funnily enough one of the guys who fishes with me regularly gave me a pair of cheap Chinese waders that were a bit too big on him in the spring, fitted me like a glove & I've been dry as a bone ever since.

Hoolet
Ye Canny Fry A Rise!

Wildfisher

Even if the cheepos only last one season it's the way to go George. 

I think "Lunan" must be Pictish for brambles   :lol:

Hoolet

6 weeks left on the River Allan, we'll see if they make it to the end, I've a pair of Zipped Hodgeman waders still in the box just in case

Hoolet
Ye Canny Fry A Rise!

Robbie

I have a few Orvis reels, one of their rods, a pack and have had a pair of their waders.

I understand their more expensive kit is US made. The reels I have are probably Chinese made but they are very good bits of kit which I would happily recommend. On the waders, they started leaking after about one season of light use, but Orvis replaced these with new ones at no cost.

Seems this level of customer service is becoming more common, but Orvis has always been great in my experience.

Wildfisher

Quote from: Robbie on September 20, 2021, 11:35:01 AM
Seems this level of customer service is becoming more common, but Orvis has always been great in my experience.

They are (or at least were) renowned for customer service. The Banchory shop once replaced a pair of wading boots for me after a year when they started to come apart. The shop assistant then was Ben - can't remember his second name -  but I was in the shop one day and happened to mention the boots. He gave me an new pair there and then. I still have those boots.

Highlander

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