Simms G4Z Stockingfoot Wader 

My first pair of Simms were purchased over 15 years ago and they finally stared leaking in 2018/2019..... Cant complain about that. Then in early 2019 I bought the G4 5-layer waders......... the 1st pair leaked right at the knee the 1st day out and man I was disappointed, but shit happens and my local shop ( which is beyond excellent) ordered another pair for me. Took out the 2nd pair and fished for 6 hours waist high in the river and noticed that "wet" feeling in my left foot. Sure enough the stocking foot leaked and the front half of my foot was wet. WTF? once is possible, twice means there is an issue. I was going to switch brands but was asked to be patient until the new G4 came out, so i just received them and will test them out next week. If these things leak one drop then you know something has changed at simms and I will be changing brands for sure.

@@johnt2263 Yes John. Same experience with my pre 2016 waders. After that, quality went down and prices went up.

@@jcalvolaubli Agreed. My hunch is that one part of the critical manufacturing process is now in china like everything else, and with my experience in this field it's the beginning of the end (quality wise). Time will tell in the next three months, and if they leak again I hope competing manufacturer's are ready to fill the gap with a top line wader.

@@jcalvolaubli hi there again... FYI, I just had my 3rd pair of G4's out on the river........... day 2 both of my feet were wet in multiple spots .......... I have the photo's. unbelievable. the 4th pair are in and after they leak I am switching ...... but to which brand?