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Vexilar Cold Snap Bibs

fishin58

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I have a pair. Only used them twice. Once on the ice with a chair and once with my portable. They kept me warm when i was just out on the ice without a shelter. Yesterday i had my shelter with a heater so I was warm no matter what. They seem to repel the water just fine and they also keep the wind out. The only thing that i have noticed was the pad in the knees seems to get flat after kneeling on them for awhile. Now the others may do the same thing I dont know this is the first pair of (ice fishing) pants I have ever owened. As far as for hunting I would not use them, I think they are alittle noisy but by no means loud. I would say for the price, yes very worth it!!! I give them a B+/A-

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Jason, Was out with Zach last night and he picked up a pair at L&M. They are pretty nice and I think they would work just fine for deer hunting. They werent too noisy as far as I could tell. You might have to wash that greasy snake slime off of them from those fish you target, before you go in the woods, or you will have the "yotes" after ya.

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I bought the set for a $100 at fleet farm the day after thanksgiving, but have not used them yet. This weekend! If you look at them side by side with the blue ice armour suite, they are exactly the same.

EXCEPT THE PADDED SEAT

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If you look at them side by side with the blue ice armour suite, they are exactly the same.

I'm not too sure about that. I tried them both on back to back, and the Clam bibs seemed less bulky overall than the Vex bibs. The Clam bibs have a padded seat, the Vex do not, as mentioned above. Also, Clam claims the bibs are waterproof, Vex claims water-resistant. They both are really nice though. Too bad Fleet didn't have any parkas my size, otherwise I'd have a set too! $100 was a GREAT deal!

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Was just at Lakeville FFarm, they have a whole rack of them!! Yes they do not say water proof but I can tell you the last three times that I used mine no problem with water at all and this time of year I do all tip-up fishing where water is everywhere and i have stayed dry.

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Thank you guys for the info, I checked them out last night at FF, I opted against them. I will stick to my regular bibs. I guess MY biggest concern would be the fear of Mr. Heater. Thanks for your info, hopefully it helped another iceman out.

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