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burnt hole in arctic armor jacket

mikey1685

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TruthWalleyes Grand Master

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It's good to see that AA is ready with a kit to repair all the 'accidents' that are bound to happen!!

By spring i hope to have a pair of bibs....Looking for warmth, and most importantly waterproof...I think AA has that covered. CarHart is great, but they are sponges as said...I'll keep my carhart coats and replace my carhart bibs with AA bibs so i can kneel on the ice while hole hopping!

-The floating thing just doesn't interest me...but they seem to be dry, and if they rip....well sounds like they've got a repair kit.

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jwmiller33 Grand Master

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Just saying I would be pretty POed if my super spendy icefishing suit melted when I used my auger.

it only does this if you use the auger backwards and have the exhaust pointing into your body instead of away from your body like its supposed to. it is 100% USER ERROR

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TruthWalleyes Grand Master

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They don't make cars that are made to go ditch riding either...If you want to keep your stuff from burning...keep it away from a heat source.

Like all fabrics...this stuff is combustable - gotta introduce it to heat YOURSELF for it to burn...Not the fault of the manufacturer if you are unable to treat your nice stuff in a good mannor.

If your going to treat your stuff like it's junk, then buy junk. If your going to treat your nice stuff like junk...it'll end up junk!

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It's good to see that AA is ready with a kit to repair all the 'accidents' that are bound to happen!!

By spring i hope to have a pair of bibs....Looking for warmth, and most importantly waterproof...I think AA has that covered. CarHart is great, but they are sponges as said...I'll keep my carhart coats and replace my carhart bibs with AA bibs so i can kneel on the ice while hole hopping!

-The floating thing just doesn't interest me...but they seem to be dry, and if they rip....well sounds like they've got a repair kit.

Just a warning. I bought my dad a set of AA. We went fishing one cool, rainy day in the spring 6 months after he got it and he brought it instead of his rainsuit. At the end of the day I was dry as a bone in my 8 year old goretex rain suit. He had big wet spots all over his back, arms, and chest where water had seeped through. Most people say it keeps them dry, his definitely did NOT. He won't wear it in the boat anymore, opting for his normal rainsuit. He hasn't mentioned anything about the bibs leaking, so I'm assuming those have been better for him. One other warning, though, is he has the camo pattern. Snow and ice stick to it real bad. He looks like a giant snowman after a mile on the snowmobile with snow swirling around him. I think the other colors with the different fabric might be better for this.

If the MOST important quality is waterproofness, I'd give serious consideration to something made with gore-tex instead.

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Acemac Proficient

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Wow, what a polarized thread. Why all the hate towards specialized cold weather gear?

Ya sorry to sound negitive about this post. When I first read this I was very suprised to hear that this was a commen issue with these suits. I am a "kit" freak (what does it do, how well does it do it), and was very suprised to hear that the AA suits are seemingly sensitive to heat. the argument that you need to take care of your gear is valid, but heat is an inherent risk in a fish house. I would just like to see if this could be adressed in the fabrication of these suits to make them even more desirible to fishermen.

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... was very suprised to hear that the AA suits are seemingly sensitive to heat

The outer material is nylon. It is not sensitive to heat, but it melts if you touch it to a hot heater or hot muffler. Same as any nylon material from any other garment would melt if you touched it to something hot. jwmiller said it best --- 100% user error.

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i called AA and they are send out some material same color as jacket, ill bring it to a seamstress i know and should be good as new,ya they cost a lot of money,but well worth it, ive tryed all the others that have been mentioned here and AA r by far the best IMO,id gladly buy another coat if it couldn't be patched,well maybe not gladly. but im very happy w/the product

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I agre my Gortex rain suit is dryer than my AA.

And this is why I just use my rain gear which is uninsulated, a size big for layering and usable year round. I wear a flotation device early ice.

I'm sure AA is a great product though.

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