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 DrainMunkey
   
Location: South St Paul
Gender: Male
i'd rather be exploring...
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< on 1/23/2010 12:48 AM >
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I'm going to be buying a pair of waders for draining here up in minnesota and was wondering what kind I should get? I have been looking at the hip style but there is also the chest high ones....what kind do you guys use? And which should I get? Also looking to access some sewers soon as well
Thanks again!!!
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WarBird69
    
Location: Eastern TN
Gender: Male
Atomic Bird of War
| | Re: buying new waders
<Reply # 1 on 1/23/2010 12:53 AM >
| | | | I got some rubber hip waders from Dicks Sporting Goods for around $50. After I lost one of the waders in some woods (oops), I picked up a second pair at Meijer (regional store kinda like a Wal-Mart) for around $40. They don't look as nice, but they will do the trick.
I considered chest waders, but the fact they are quite a bit heavier and much more bulky to hide while in transit to the outfall made me deceide against them.
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bfinan0
Location: Rochester, NY
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: buying new waders
<Reply # 2 on 1/23/2010 12:57 AM >
| | | | I recently got my first drain boots, 21" (knee-high) waterproof boots, for $17 at Home Depot...one problem: they happen to be yellow. Which makes them nearly useless, as they stand out egregiously walking/biking/taking buses to drains. My take on drain footwear, which I still maintain, is to just get wet/dirty, and carry an extra pair of pants in your backpack to change when you get (almost) out of the drain so you look reasonable going topside again.
[If you can planning on driving to the drains, this doesn't matter, so being dry is probably more important to you than it is to me]
[last edit 1/23/2010 12:57 AM by bfinan0 - edited 1 times]
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strangePlaces
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
| |  | Re: buying new waders
<Reply # 3 on 1/23/2010 1:22 AM >
| | | | IMO, hip waders are more practical. I tried chest waders too, and never really been in waters that deep. Also, its a good idea to make sure waders are not too heavy. (The chest waders I had required a luggage to carry them around, which not only was extremely inconvenient, but an object of jokes... so i gave em away.)
Got mine from Bass Pro shops and local Canadian tire.
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makman
Location: Rochester, NY
Gender: Male
I live alone with a criminal
| | Re: buying new waders
<Reply # 4 on 1/23/2010 2:25 AM >
| | | | I've had good luck with my neoprene chest waders. Useful for outfalls in the winter when getting wet is less of an option. Also useful when you need to go through 4ft of water or so.
Be careful, not safe.
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mello
Location: Port Colborne
Gender: Female
tastes like chicken.
| | | Re: buying new waders
<Reply # 5 on 1/23/2010 3:23 AM >
| | | | there seems to be an influx of new drainers lately...
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bfinan0
Location: Rochester, NY
Gender: Male
| | | Re: buying new waders
<Reply # 6 on 1/23/2010 3:26 AM >
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They're all seeing yours' and others' amazing drain pictures, of course...it seems like when there's drainers, there's more drainers. (and when there's not, it seems impossible to get one started)
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tribeachpunk
Location: Halifax, NS
Gender: Male
| | | Re: buying new waders
<Reply # 7 on 1/23/2010 3:31 AM >
| | | | Posted by bfinan0
I recently got my first drain boots, 21" (knee-high) waterproof boots, for $17 at Home Depot...one problem: they happen to be yellow.
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Home Depot sells black spray paint. 
I was thinking the same thing about a bright orange light of mine.. Tremclad FTW
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terapr0
Location: Sauga City
Gender: Male
www . tohellandback . net
| | | Re: buying new waders
<Reply # 9 on 1/23/2010 11:46 PM >
| | | | IMO hip waders are the way to go. All Ive got now are chest waders and while they're nice at keeping me dry, theyre tough to function normally in. They make bending over, climbing ladders and just about everything a hassle. I try and avoid wearing them whenever possible. the higher end neoprene ones are more flexible, but they're also more $$$. Unless your planning on going in very deep water, Id say your better off with hip waders.
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Camishere
Location: MSP
Gender: Male
I <3 Yer Mom
| | | Re: buying new waders
<Reply # 10 on 1/30/2010 3:27 AM >
| | | | I'm also in Minnesota i just went to the thrift store and bought some really nice ones for 20 bucks they cover your whole legs & work really good.
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MindHacker
Location: Suburbs of DC
Gender: Male
If you spot a terrorist arrow, pin it to the wall with your shoulder.
| | Re: buying new waders
<Reply # 11 on 2/1/2010 6:43 AM >
| | | | I'm going to vote for chest waders, because you can shove everything in them like a kangaroo pouch. Keep your camera dry, keep your tripod not-as-wet. And it's extra insurance for when you take that step that's just a bit deeper than you thought it would be.
During the summer.... I'd side w/ bfinanO, but during the winter it's different.
The advice I got as a deep-water draining newb (which is to say, before this weekend) was:
1) Get the walmart waders
2) Wear them a few times
3) Return them when they start to leak. Go to step 2.
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