> Personally I got a pair of MEC High Cut Swellies (cheap pendant to > Chota) - as long as you don't go too deep for the leg, they stay dry on > top of leg/longjohn. > > TIP: You can extend the time in deed water, before the MECs gets > wet, by adding a pair of waterproofs, with anglestraps, on top. Price of Swellies compared to $90 Chotas is good, too good :-): $US 28, or $CDN 42 here in Canada, and you partially confirmed my suspicions. They look like Chota, and neoprene seems so be thicker. Could have cost less than $US 50 with good gaskets - and people would like them better. Q: what do you mean by "waterproofs"? > One thing there came to my mind: Could a pair of latex neck-gasket be > fitted to the bootleg, Aquaseal glue (used for neoprene) should be able to do the job. There is also Brooks wetsuit glue (have strong suspicion that it's same as Aquaseal, but not sure). There is an instruction on http://www.kokatat.com how to repair latex neck gaskets in drysuits, using Aquaseal (see Care --> repair *without* gasket repair kit). MEC website has an instruction on use of Aquaseal for neoprene repairs: http://www.mec.ca/Main/content_text.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10103&FOLDER%3C% 3Efolder_id=497117&bmUID=1045542712172.htm Alex. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Feb 17 2003 - 21:12:23 PST
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