Boy my luck in buying wading boots is terrible.  You no doubt read about my buying some VERY expensive (to me) heavy duty boots from a company back in the South East and they ended up leaking so I had to send them back.  They did finally send me a replacement pair but I have yet to try them out to see if they leak or not.

Anyway, I picked up a pair locally while I waited for the expensive ones to come back.  They saw me all the way through the trapping season and into and through the ditch digging time on the farm during the spring.

Now, when I want to go duck hunting they leak!  They have cracks all around where the top portion fits the bottom portion of the boot.  The area where they fold when you pull the tops of the boots down over the bottom of the boots about knee high.

February to November!  You would sure think a boot that cost over $70 would last at least one full year.

In my haste to make them ready for another duck hunt I smeared some “fixit” stuff on the cracks in hopes that they wont leak next trip out.  Then I looked up the warantee on the internet…I blew it…they have a one year full replacement warantee if I want to try replacing them at the store I bought them at, or sending them to the main company.

The Weasel has the same issue with a pair he bought at the same time.  I’m not sure of his brand of boot but his issue is even worse than mine.  His cracked down the entire front of the boot, on the lower section!  And his boots were fully opened and hanging out of the sun in his garage.

What is going on with our brand name companies here in America?

Frogg Toggs what is going on?

Bears Butt

November 3, 2012

MAJOR EDIT!

I just received an email from Frogg Toggs company in Alabama and they are going to authorize me to return the boots for a new pair.  Even though I have smeared fixit stuff on the cracks.

Good for them!

Bears Butt

November 5, 2012