Simms G3 Wader Review II - Size Medium 1+ Year of Use // Gear Review 

Totally agree about the belt issue; mine keep dropping if you take the shoulder straps off to pee or whatever else. It’s really annoying. My shoulder straps slide off on one of the sides but it could be me (factory defect on my shoulder). I have these and also the G4Z but rarely use those unless winter Steelhead fishing. They are way too bulky and heavy. I’ll have to try the Skwala Carbon some day after plenty of people try them out. 😉

Great review and very helpful adding your height and weight. Regards Paul

Had them for two days so far, day 1 it was solid hours of rain, I noticed my trackpants underneath were damp at the knees, from crouching and resting my arms there, and my butt, from sitting. Thought this was odd and saw the reviews that it might be perspiration so I thought I would double check. Went back out to the creek the next day, old boots had a leak (nothing to do with waders) but one of the boots had some solid water in the bottom. Took them off when I got home and noticed the "gaiter" portion was soaked through on both of them and I had slight water in the boot that didn't have the leak. Next thing I noticed is the stockingfoots are also drenched and both of my socks underneath are damp. My best guess is through saturation and/or pressure is pushing the water through and causing the dampness. I checked for leaks and found none. I am currently waiting to hear back from Simms on if this is normal or a faulty pair and if faulty what the replacement process is (I'm not paying for shipping for something under warranty out if the box defective, I'll just return them from where I purchased as the gas to get there is cheaper than the shipping to Simms) and if this is normal I am going to return to purchased location as over $800 for waders that are water resistant and not waterproof isn't the outcome I wanted. Will update when Simms gets back to me. Update: After talking to multiple people today and last night who have been die hard Simms fans throughout the years and will no longer touch their products due to a decline in quality and customer service (one guy said his 1 star review with a video of the leak has been deleted multiple times, he wrote it up after multiple times he sent them to Simms and they didn't fix the issue, being the seam, and instead charged him for pin hole fixes with no seam fix) I've decided to just return them and instead go get some Orvis ones instead. Long story short Simms is not what they use to be. As for me the only way I could see my issue occurring is if they cheaped out on the materials used as the older G3 waders did not have the same issue as mine (but had other problem). For further clarification I did not wash them with softener or use the dry (or dryer sheet) which can and will ruin waterproof quality.

Having had 2 sets of Simms over 15 years the waders are great but Customer service is terrible, I had a ruck sack fall apart, literally all the seams failed, arrogant would be one way of describing the response, woeful another. I did not ask for a replacement just asked they look at it to see if it was up to the standard they expected. Anyway terrible response from the Europe Guys (no UK based warranty) so I bought a set of Orvis Pro Waders as I was not willing to give Simms any more of my money, having just done 2 weeks in Canada, walking 10 k a day in them, so far I have to say for a good bit less money the Orvis waders are more comfortable, a better fit and stood up well to pretty heavy use. And Orvis have a UK based warranty that for other stuff has been faultless.

Please write, I want to buy g3 waders, but in my size the stockings are 9-11, boots are size 8 for such stockings, how critical will it be with folds in a boot with this size?

What about Grundens waders.

Just wanted to clarify, as I’ve been wader shopping lately and comparing details: the G3 has four layer Gore-Tex on the bottom, three on the upper.

I knew there was no way you were getting in that damn water