[bozeman]

Anyone got their hands on the new Banded jacket or waders, their Aspire line? Wandering how it will compare to a Sitka Delta wading jacket. Thanks in advance for any info.

Bozeman

 

[Twoll156]

Having used banded gear in the past I would recommend biting the bullet and buying Chene Gear or Sitka. My banded gear barely lasted a full season was very bulky and wasn’t waterproof in heavy rain.

 

[bozeman]

Thank you.

 

[lil dinamo]

I can't comment on the Aspire line, but I did go through one pair of the Redzone Insulated Breathables and one pair of the Redzone 2.0 Insulated Breathables as well as one White River 3 in 1 wader jacket.

The Redzone waders are super comfortable and warm, but didn't hold up as well as I was hoping for. The first pair lasted one season (About 25 hunts.) before they developed a leak into the following season that progressively got worse until I would get soaked. I used that pair until the weather turned cold and then switched to a new pair of the Redzone 2.0s that leaked in the crotch right out of the box. I went the remainder of the season with the leaky 2.0s. The White River jacket is nice down to about 20 ºF. The zipper stopped working after about 4.5 seasons.

So I would say my experience with the first pair would be decent. Four stars out of 5 mainly because of comfortability and did last one season atleast.