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Originally Posted by Humanzee
For reasonably priced items, I'd go with Cabelas. They still have a pretty decent warranty.
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actually, i would say just the opposite... cabela's warranty on waders SUCKS now. and the waders themselves are just alright.
i bought a pair of their guide series breathable stocking foot waders a few years back. at the time i bought them, the warranty that they offered on waders was the same as the rest of their CLOTHING: that is a lifetime warranty. this lifetime warranty was a big factor in my purchase decision. after 2 seasons, the seams on the inner calf areas began to leak from rubbing against each other while hiking (I like to get away from the crowds). no big deal i thought, I'll just contact cabelas and they can handle this under the warranty.
that's when I found that unfortunately, sometime during the past couple years they have changed their warranty policy so that their waders now carry the same warranty as the rest of their FOOTWEAR, that is one year only. they refused to do anything to replace my waders even though they had been covered by a lifetime warranty when I purchased them. i ended up just patching them with aquaseal and will replace them with something else when that fails.
so, honestly, it seems to me that cabela's "lifetime" warranty on anything they sell is pretty much worthless now, since you can never know when they will decide that they won't honor it anymore.
