Still a Hell of a lot cheaper than a Bass boat.
I've got a buddy that liked to rip on me about how much money I had in (Sitka) camo. I asked him "how much did you just tell me you paid for that new boat?" He doesn't bring it up anymore.
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The market for hunting is a mix between budget-conscious people and wealthy people. When you’re dealing with disposable income, it probably isn’t the worst idea to crank the prices up to see where your core consumer group lies. For Sitka, I would venture to guess that their core consumer is the wealthier individual with more disposable income. So, Sitka can likely charge dang near whatever they want and still sell some units, or completely sell out because people see the price tag and assume that the reason for the high cost is a higher quality garment.
Basically, people buy emotionally and justify logically.
Simms waders are made in the USA, with the majority of them being made in Bozeman, MT. I found a pretty decent deal on a pair of G4Z waders last year ($500), which was still way too expensive for a pair of waders IMO, but I've been wearing Simms for the last 20+ years and needed a new pair. I really can't see myself even looking at anything else unless someone gave them to me to demo.They aren't much more than top of the line Simms waders, and the Sitkas are made in the USA, which is pretty cool
Yep, I've seen leases in Arkansas for close to $50k, for about twenty acres of field. 4 acres of it flooded timber. So, basically paying $12.5k/acre to hunt the timber. For a duck. A duck that 99% of them don't even eat. These waders are the least of their expenses.So reading through this, even with the warranty, you’re going to need a backup pair of waders, otherwise, If you have to send them back in during the season. I also just don’t see a hard hunter having a pair of these for 10+ years.
On the flip side, waterfowling is expensive, and by that scale, these aren’t outrageous. 1,000 waders aren’t unreasonable if you own a > $3,000 shotgun, >40k in a boat, have a full time job’s worth of labor invested in a dog or pay $10,000 to lease a half acre of rice in Arkansas. There are duck clubs where a membership is $100,000 or more. Guys who like to brag on killing a thousand ducks a season and are paying $4 a round for Hevi Shot are spending 5k or more on ammo a season.
So reading through this, even with the warranty, you’re going to need a backup pair of waders, otherwise, If you have to send them back in during the season. I also just don’t see a hard hunter having a pair of these for 10+ years.
On the flip side, waterfowling is expensive, and by that scale, these aren’t outrageous. 1,000 waders aren’t unreasonable if you own a > $3,000 shotgun, >40k in a boat, have a full time job’s worth of labor invested in a dog or pay $10,000 to lease a half acre of rice in Arkansas. There are duck clubs where a membership is $100,000 or more. Guys who like to brag on killing a thousand ducks a season and are paying $4 a round for Hevi Shot are spending 5k or more on ammo a season.