NorthWest Kayak Anglers
Kayak Fishing => Product Discussions => Topic started by: bad lattitude on August 07, 2009, 01:31:22 PM
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Any of you have any experience with the Kokatat Gore-Tex Front-Entry Dry Suit with Relief Zipper and Socks that REI sells?
I'm looking for a dry suit. Why?
I have reason to believe my waders are leaking.
I want to start playing in the surf.
That dang ocean is COLD!
Any feedback on this or any other dry suit is welcome.
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I'm going for their Tropos material SuperNova angler dry suit soon. Either way, it's a great option. It's nice to be warm, dry and able to pee... ;)
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I'm looking at the same suit.
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I use that one. I love it.
-Allen
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How much are they selling it for?
Allen,
If the prices are close, would you go with the Gore-Tex or Tropos? The features are nearly identical.
Jay
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I sweat a lot, therefore chose the Goretex under the belief that it breathes more. The tropos felt a lot heavier to me.
-Allen
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$899, but the 15% off coupon is always available for signing up for their stupid e-mail list.
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Yeah, Gore is a lot more breathable. If you are a warm bodied person and have the scratch go for it.
I use the SNA and I love it. Was about 75 yesterday on the water and I was sweaty but doable. I'm a warm bodied person too so it may have something to do with it. Under 70 it's a dream. Plus the SNA had a cordura lap. Comes in handy w/ spiny fish and hooks. For the ultimate in temp regulation check out the Tempest jacket/pant combo.
Z
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Any of you have any experience with the Kokatat Gore-Tex Front-Entry Dry Suit with Relief Zipper and Socks that REI sells?
What are relief socks :dontknow:
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Back under the stairs Wali...
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Any of you have any experience with the Kokatat Gore-Tex Front-Entry Dry Suit with Relief Zipper and Socks that REI sells?
What are relief socks :dontknow:
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Relief socks help the little piggy that goes wee-wee-wee all the way home.
Actually, I just cut/pasted the name right from the website and didn't notice the humor in it.
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Any of you have any experience with the Kokatat Gore-Tex Front-Entry Dry Suit with Relief Zipper and Socks that REI sells?
I'm looking for a dry suit. Why?
I have reason to believe my waders are leaking.
I want to start playing in the surf.
That dang ocean is COLD!
Any feedback on this or any other dry suit is welcome.
I use that suit it's the bomb. REI is selling old style with velcro closure on neck & wrists over the gaskets. It's still a good suit, but the neoprene punch through over the gasket is a little less annoying.
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it's a relief zipper for peeing and g-tex socks. both recommended.
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I use the Kokatat T3 Super Nova Angler with relief zipper and socks and love it. I've worn it in air temps from 55F-90F. Unlike Zee I run a little cold and with a poly fleece long sleeve and poly fleece long johns I am comfortable up to about 70. Above that it's just a long sleeve poly tee and light pants. Keeping head and feet warm or cool is key too. I wear smart wool socks under, and booties over the dry suit. If you get too warm trail your hands and/or feet in the water. Got a bunny suit for colder weather.
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I like mine. Nanook sold it to me on my B-day at Alder Creek. You get 20% off on your B-day. Most expensive B-day present to myself ever. I should do it more often ;D
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Okay, I just dropped a bunch of dough on the NRS Mission drysuit. I figured the downtown Portland REI had on instock, it fit me, I'm a fanboy of eVent, and I get a substantial REI dividend back. Suit was $849.00, and I should be getting about 10% of that back in dividend, which means I basically bought the suit for about $780.00. Not cheap, but then, if it lasts 3 years or more, it is worth the investment.
I'll post a gear review about it shortly - I'm hoping the magic seaweed surf report is right about conditions tomorrow off Cape Kiwanda, so it may get a workout tomorrow am.
I have a mountaineering jacket made with the eVent Pro ripstop fabric, and have worn it from last November through now. It vents really well in my experience, better than the jackets that I have made of Goretex - the jacket is a 3 layer eVent laminate, and it outperforms, in terms of comfort level, my 2 layer Goretex paclite shells.
Anyone have advice on getting a head full of long hair through a latex gasket? That was the only difficult part - not ripping my hair out as I was trying to get my head through the neck gasket.
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One of the EE's at REI told me that a new 20% off coupon is coming out soon. If you can wait until then on the dry suit, I'd return the one you have and buy it in a month.
Another option is the Labor Day sale coming up. Starts the last Friday in August. Use "Live Help" on REI.com and ask them if your suit will be on sale.
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Madoc... cut it off.. ;D i have a dry top i get into and i gtried on a dry suit at Back Packer Supply. My suggestion is just to pull it back into a pony tail. I do when i got out on the Yak to keep it out of my Eyes.
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Glad I don't have to deal with that. My hair has been slipping off the top so I just buzz it to 1/4" all the way around. No problem-o with latex and my hair. Latex and the choke hold is another story. :-[
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As for the hair...what about wearing a toboggan as you put on the suit?
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put it in a bun ;D
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As for the hair...what about wearing a toboggan as you put on the suit?
Shave it!
Dries quickly. ;D
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Man, I just realized I have the meridian, not the front entry. Front entry is much less expensive. I could have beaten/matched that price on a new one for you I think :(
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Shave it!
Dries quickly.
Thats what I finally did. I was just too excited and couldn't wait for my bald spots to merge in to one Pangea-like bald spot :-\.
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Shave it!
Dries quickly.
Thats what I finally did. I was just too excited and couldn't wait for my bald spots to merge in to one Pangea-like bald spot :-\.
Going bald is a great excuse to just buzz it all off. ;D
This time last year I was dealing with glasses or contacts, and morning hair. Not no more!
Post Lasik and a run with the clippers, my out the door time just dropped to under a minute. :icon_thumright:
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Insayn. i got my out the door time in less then 5 minutes and i am a girl. i have thought about the short to almost no hair. but most men prefer some hair on there Ladies. ;D