new ice fishing suits

[fievel9922]

I have seen them all i wanted some opinions on the new vexilar and strikemaster. are they completely water proof can you use them for rain gear, late fall early spring. are they warm? any pros and cons i would like to hear them. i like the ice armour, but price of the others is what i like best.

[walleyedan]

Take a look back to one of the previous posts and you will read many opinions.

Walleyedan

[CNY Tim]

I have the Ice-Sentials Strikemaster bibs and jacket and other than the knee padded area the entire suit is water resistant. The Parka I think will be warm with a fleece or hooded sweatshirt under laying. The bibs not so, you will need a definite layer under those. I treated my entire suit with 100% silicone. I haven't put it to the ice test but I fished it open water in a rain storm for 3.5 hours and other than the elbows and the top of the legs the suit held water weight but did keep me dry for the most part. It's no ice armour suit by any means but for the price and a can of silicone spray it could be. I will post futher reviews on it when we have ice.

[BIG DS]

I just got the new IceArmor suit, and as fars as warm goes, you'll never beat it. I can't tell you yet about the water proof part, as I have not tried that. The knees in the bibs, however, stay dry when you kneel by the hole to clean it out after drilling it.

[hanson]

So when the entire ice fishing community is wearing either the Clam suit, Strikemaster suit, or Vexilar suit, how will you be able to find your buddy in the bar?

Don't get caught up in the marketing hype, there are lots of other choices in outerwear that are equally at home on the ice.

[CNY Tim]

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So when the entire ice fishing community is wearing either the Clam suit, Strikemaster suit, or Vexilar suit, how will you be able to find your buddy in the bar?

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That's easy Chris we don't hit bars

I bought the Ice-Sentials suit as a light weight hole hopping suit but will see if it impresses me this season.

I have been more than impressed with my insulated Cabelas' Guide Series Outerwear bibs, they have been worth every penny.

I will say that the Team Northland Jacket's are garbage the zippers are cheap plastic and they catch the fabric all the time while zipping but sometimes you have to learn the hard way and find out for yourself, that product cost me $70 to find out

[TycoCowboy]

Ice Armour X-Treme are great. Love the hat and gloves too! Boy! am I going to feel bad about being warm!!!!!!!!!!!

[harvey lee]

I have looked at the Ice armour for the past 2 seasons. This year after looking at all the options I decided the Ice Armour x-treme was the suit that filled all my needs.

The bibs will turn into pants, the jacket has a removeable inner jacket and tons of pockets.

I have used this outfit 4 times this year and I could not be any happier with it. This baby is a heat box.

Widproof and waterproof. I know it is a little more money and thats why I looked for 2 years and now I have it.

I have had no issues with anything getting wet underneath.