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| I am looking for a good set of rain gear at a descent price, please let me know what you have and a price, Thanks |
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Location: MN | What size are you looking for? |
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| I'm going to say probably L or XL |
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| Spare no expense when it comes to buying your raingear----a great set will save you countless miserable rain soaked hours, wishing you had bought the best suit you could buy. Cabelas Gore-tex Guidewear is THE only suit to buy. You can't put a pricetag on dry comfort in rainy conditions--- so buy the guidewear and never have to worry whether you'll be dry or not-----Jobu |
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| thanks for the info, I've heard both the cabelas and gander gear are good, and would like to buy a set of either |
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Location: Neenah, WI | Look at the tech H20 from Gander Mountain , Good rain gear for the money , Cabelas guidewear is really good too but a little to expensive for my taste the other thing BPS 100 + MPH rain Gear is suppose to be pretty good . I bought gander tech H20 to keep in a dry bag in my boat , but I also have Cabelas Ambush goretex rain Gear , Best rain gear ever but because I hunt in addition to Musky Fish I wanted rain gear that was dual purpose if I was going to spend $400.
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Location: North/Central WI | Don't buy the stuff from Gander...you will get wet in a hard rain. |
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| Agreed...you'll stay dry for a few rains and then you have water resistant gear at best. I'm still trying to find good rain gear that is inexpensive. Unfortunately, I fear the only way to go is to pony up and go gore-tex. This is why I am the only one on the lake with PVC. |
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| Got to agree with skipping the Gander Tech2o. Tried a brand new set Thursday and got soaked. Got to find my receipt. Shipping this set back! |
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Location: syracuse indiana | dang i must have been lucky then, i have a tech 20 suite that i got on clearence 6 years ago and to thois day i stay totally dry. i also take extra care of my stuff. it gets hung up all the time. not rolled or shoved into a bag. and i have never even sprayed it either. i have been in 40+wind/rain storms and still have stayed dry.. i guess i cant complain if everyone on here is saying that their tech20 stuff is junk.. i know mine isnt....bill |
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| I've got two sets ot the Gander Tech20 stuff - one insualted, one not. It all starts out waterproof, unless you kneel on the boat carpeting or sit on a wet boat seat. (whch you basically do every time you fish in the rain) After 2 seasons, the insulated stuff soaks up water like a sponge. We're talking "soaked through to your underwear from head to toe". The uninsulated stuff fared a bit better, but it is by no means waterproof. I'd classify it as "better than nothing", but not much.
Oh, and when it gets wet and stays wet for several days (i.e during a tournament) it will start to smell like a homeless person slept in it. I'd have taken the insulated stuff back, but it took me several years before I was unfortunate enough to fish in late fall during heavy rain. By then the warranty was long past.
I finally broke down a few weeks ago and washed both sets, and sprayed them liberally with Camp-Dry. I haven't tried them yet. The worst that can happen is I'll get as wet as I did before, but at least the guys I fish with won't be asking me "what is that smell?" anymore...
I've heard good thing about the Cabelas Guidewear, so that will be my next choice when the two sets I have now become unwearable. |
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| Get GORTEX, I have BPS Pro Qualifier gear and it's worth every penny.I have a Gander non-gortex bib that leaks some. |
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| Thanks for all of the input, I did see that there are several different qualities of each of the rain gear and all brands ranges from a $80 set to a $300 set. I ended up picking up a set of the high quality tec20 stuff today, please delete the add. |
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Location: Madtown, WI | I have the gander mtn stuff as well, and like ea, I would get wet (that's what she said) in heavy rains, bibs and parka. As recommended by the gore-tex folks, I washed both and so far I've stayed dry, even in a full day rain. Supposedly, once gore-tex gets dirty the dirt itself will absorb water. Then once you apply pressure the water will soak right through (especially on the shoulders).
If you really want to stay dry, stay away from goretex and get the cheap plastic ones. They will never leak unless they tear. Problem is of course, you'll be soaked in sweat rather than rain.... |
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