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Lidl Waders - any good

  • 22-05-2012 02:51PM
    #1
    Granite Head
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 348 ✭✭


    My local Lidl is selling off waders at half price - €10. I am wondering are they worth a punt?

    I am aware that breathability will be an issue

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Comments

  • #2
    dodderangler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,204 ✭✭✭dodderangler


    Granite Head wrote: »
    My local Lidl is selling off waders at half price - €10. I am wondering are they worth a punt?

    I am aware that breathability will be an issue
    There's an old sayin buy cheap buy twice


  • #3
    mawk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭mawk


    I've only used them once or twice. seem fine. and for a tenner you don't have much to lose


  • #4
    baords dyslexic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 902 ✭✭✭baords dyslexic


    Didn't have my size or I'd have bought a pair for a tenner.


  • #5
    realrebel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 300 ✭✭realrebel


    baords dyslexic wrote: »
    Didn't have my size or I'd have bought a pair for a tenner.

    My buddy bought them for saltwater fishing just for standing in the waves and they leaked within 5 mins lol


  • #6
    dodderangler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,204 ✭✭✭dodderangler


    mawk wrote: »
    I've only used them once or twice. seem fine. and for a tenner you don't have much to lose
    Well if ya do buy them u can post back and tell me how wet your feet got :P


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  • #7
    ch750536
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,736 ✭✭✭ch750536


    I bought them & have used them 3 times without issue.


  • #8
    thehamo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,049 ✭✭✭thehamo


    I had a pair and they were gift. Used them countless times until I ripped them on some barbed wire. Beauty was I didn't really care cause they were so cheap!


  • #9
    flounder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭flounder


    My uncle bought them last year, walked out into the river, ten minutes later he had to come back up on the bank and empty the water out of them:D
    he cut the wellies off the end so wasnt a total waste


  • #10
    Slasher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 399 ✭✭Slasher


    I got a pair a few years ago and have used them a few times in fresh water and sea. No problems so far.


  • #11
    mitchaul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 82 ✭✭mitchaul


    My missus bought a pair and uses them for a sieve when she's baking!!


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  • #12
    mitchaul
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 82 ✭✭mitchaul


    Seriously though, they are only selling them off cheap because they are having a high failure rate with them. Save up and buy a cheap but perfectly good quality pair of daiwa boot foot waders for around 60 euro.


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