I am a size 10 shoe, 58 and 250lb. I wear a size 50 athletic sport coat. Years of weight lifting have left me with much thicker calves and thighs than most men. Surprisingly, these waders fit my legs fine / I really expected that to be the issue since most boots I have to cut the sides to fit. But the upper body portion of this is probably 40/42 around at the chest opening. I was able, with much pulling, stretching, and wiggling, to pull these all the way up but they are extremely snug once on.
Keep that in mind, if you have a thin upper body these will work great. But if you are thicker they may not fit as anything other than pants.
I ordered these waders with low expectations, given they are HALF the price of the waders at Bass Pro. But, I really liked that they have a woven nylon fabric outer layer a tough fabric to protect the rubber lining inside since I plan to wear these grubbing in dirt, mud and rocks while fossil hunting. So, I placed order and they shipped out FAST! (A+!) The waders look great and the boots fit fine. I was worried based on other reviews but the boots are quite STURDY. Nice solid soles with heavy , Vibrum/like treads. Boots are shorter than full wellingtons of course, but thats to be expected for ease of wearing. The waders even came with an extra swatch of the outer shell fabric, for repairs and such. Very good!
The ONLY problem I have with these are the FIT (and thats MY fault, not s). Unfortunately, the pant legs are just too short and slightly too NARROW for my legs. Im only 511, but the waist of the waders just barely made it up to my waist. The webbing waist belt is NOT adjustable and just barely fit around my waist/hips (because of low inseam and also, I am female so Im sure my hips are a bit wider than mens but I can wear mens 40 waist pants without problems so??) The waist issue is minor, however, compared to the main PROBLEM I encountered with these waders: the legs are so narrow that its very difficult for me to bend my knees in them. The knees of these pants have extra thick knees (extra rubber there it seems?) /x which are EXCELLENT for longevity, but because of their narrowness, the rubber pulls hard across my knee caps VERY uncomfortable. After just 10 minutes my knees hurt! I could barely kneel down in them and, worse, because of the tightness and binding, I could BARELY stand back up in them! (I had to grab a chair pull myself upcould not bend my leg fully at the hip like Id need to to get back up.) (Basically I cannot do the down on one knee position, akin to man proposing marriage, in these waders because of their narrow legs. Darn!!! I am SO bummed because I really LOVE these waders in all other ways!
I will contact to see if they have a model with a longer inseam length (or wider legs?) so I can exchange these. (TIP TO BUYERS: Check the inseam lengths so you dont make same mistake as I did! I thought that just going up an extra size would make for an ample fit, but that was a dumb assumption on MY part because a lot of times thats NOT how sizes scale. I should have known better! So, yeah, this problem is easily avoidable I was just impatient/ly!!) So far, the company has been excellent in every other way. Im completely happy with the other products I bought from them (forehead strap led lamp a waterproof cellphone dry bag.) I will DEFINITELY shop again from this company for my outdoor equipment needs. Ill update this review once Ive sorted out the sizing issue on the waders. Thanks for reading this far! Happy hunting all.
I bought these for fishing. Material seems durable, my area water temp is about 46 deg. I was not cold at all in the water, actually it was kind of comfortable.
Im 510 244. There snug in the stomach area , I checked other brand and these have a bigger sized chest area than some others. I could drive and kneel down so that was cool.
Over all very happy with them.
Though I have only used them one time so far.
This is the second pair that I have bought. The first pair was great. The second pair fit smaller. No room in the crotch area. And the thighs are tighter. Not sure why considering I ordered the exact same thing I had. Also noticed some of the buckles are different Then the original pair I had.
These Waders will keep you dry. I was impressed with everything about these waders for the price. The only thing I dont like is the boots are pretty low quality. They are made of thinner rubber and the sole is not very thick or rigid. Definitely no steel shank or anything like that. I wore them in the bay for almost three days straight. They kept me dry and the boots did not fail or get cut by Oysters. These are Nylon on the outside and PVC on the inside so they do not breath and you will be sweating. All in all for 50 they do the job and have worked perfectly so far on two trips hunting and fishing pretty hard.
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very small upper body portion
I am a size 10 shoe, 58 and 250lb. I wear a size 50 athletic sport coat. Years of weight lifting have left me with much thicker calves and thighs than most men. Surprisingly, these waders fit my legs fine / I really expected that to be the issue since most boots I have to cut the sides to fit. But the upper body portion of this is probably 40/42 around at the chest opening. I was able, with much pulling, stretching, and wiggling, to pull these all the way up but they are extremely snug once on. Keep that in mind, if you have a thin upper body these will work great. But if you are thicker they may not fit as anything other than pants.
overall happy with product
like
Aming buy for the money solid product, boots sturdy too
I ordered these waders with low expectations, given they are HALF the price of the waders at Bass Pro. But, I really liked that they have a woven nylon fabric outer layer a tough fabric to protect the rubber lining inside since I plan to wear these grubbing in dirt, mud and rocks while fossil hunting. So, I placed order and they shipped out FAST! (A+!) The waders look great and the boots fit fine. I was worried based on other reviews but the boots are quite STURDY. Nice solid soles with heavy , Vibrum/like treads. Boots are shorter than full wellingtons of course, but thats to be expected for ease of wearing. The waders even came with an extra swatch of the outer shell fabric, for repairs and such. Very good! The ONLY problem I have with these are the FIT (and thats MY fault, not s). Unfortunately, the pant legs are just too short and slightly too NARROW for my legs. Im only 511, but the waist of the waders just barely made it up to my waist. The webbing waist belt is NOT adjustable and just barely fit around my waist/hips (because of low inseam and also, I am female so Im sure my hips are a bit wider than mens but I can wear mens 40 waist pants without problems so??) The waist issue is minor, however, compared to the main PROBLEM I encountered with these waders: the legs are so narrow that its very difficult for me to bend my knees in them. The knees of these pants have extra thick knees (extra rubber there it seems?) /x which are EXCELLENT for longevity, but because of their narrowness, the rubber pulls hard across my knee caps VERY uncomfortable. After just 10 minutes my knees hurt! I could barely kneel down in them and, worse, because of the tightness and binding, I could BARELY stand back up in them! (I had to grab a chair pull myself upcould not bend my leg fully at the hip like Id need to to get back up.) (Basically I cannot do the down on one knee position, akin to man proposing marriage, in these waders because of their narrow legs. Darn!!! I am SO bummed because I really LOVE these waders in all other ways! I will contact to see if they have a model with a longer inseam length (or wider legs?) so I can exchange these. (TIP TO BUYERS: Check the inseam lengths so you dont make same mistake as I did! I thought that just going up an extra size would make for an ample fit, but that was a dumb assumption on MY part because a lot of times thats NOT how sizes scale. I should have known better! So, yeah, this problem is easily avoidable I was just impatient/ly!!) So far, the company has been excellent in every other way. Im completely happy with the other products I bought from them (forehead strap led lamp a waterproof cellphone dry bag.) I will DEFINITELY shop again from this company for my outdoor equipment needs. Ill update this review once Ive sorted out the sizing issue on the waders. Thanks for reading this far! Happy hunting all.
Product seems to be a sound choice.
I bought these for fishing. Material seems durable, my area water temp is about 46 deg. I was not cold at all in the water, actually it was kind of comfortable. Im 510 244. There snug in the stomach area , I checked other brand and these have a bigger sized chest area than some others. I could drive and kneel down so that was cool. Over all very happy with them. Though I have only used them one time so far.
Sz13for sz12 high arch
Good fit. Sx13 for my Sz12 high arch. Forget socks though. Too tight with white crew socks.
Would buy again
Works great, was in water for several hours, and my legs were cool, but not cold
Hit and miss
This is the second pair that I have bought. The first pair was great. The second pair fit smaller. No room in the crotch area. And the thighs are tighter. Not sure why considering I ordered the exact same thing I had. Also noticed some of the buckles are different Then the original pair I had.
Good for the price!
These Waders will keep you dry. I was impressed with everything about these waders for the price. The only thing I dont like is the boots are pretty low quality. They are made of thinner rubber and the sole is not very thick or rigid. Definitely no steel shank or anything like that. I wore them in the bay for almost three days straight. They kept me dry and the boots did not fail or get cut by Oysters. These are Nylon on the outside and PVC on the inside so they do not breath and you will be sweating. All in all for 50 they do the job and have worked perfectly so far on two trips hunting and fishing pretty hard.
Good wader for the price
The only thing I didnt like was the insole sliding around inside the boot other than that a great set of waders for the price
Very big size with shoe.
Wrong size
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