Dryline custom made breathable hip waders are the best way to enjoy your fishing. We custom make all of our breathable waders so you can be sure your unique waders will be the ideal fit!
Features include:
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No inside leg seams, making them very durable
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Webbing loops with buckles making height adjustment easy
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Webbing wading belt supplied
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Repair kit supplied
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Your choice of gumboots fitted (safety toe available) or
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Neoprene stocking feet, one piece design, 2mm thick Xtreme neoprene
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With neoprene stocking feet we attach 2mm thick Xtreme neoprene gaiters (or supply separately if you prefer)
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Lifetime Warranty on Workmanship
They are perfect for use around the farm, quad-biking, four-wheel-driving, working in ditches or irrigation races, cleaning ponds or creeks, waterblasting... the possibilities are endless (and they’re great for fishing!).
Being made of a totally breathable fabric they allow the user the freedom of movement and the ability to “breathe” away moisture they are perfect for the person who requires water tightness and ease of use. Great for purposes where you want to keep as cool as possible and only need protection up to waist depth.
If you are working out doors the all in one design eliminates the need to pull overpants over your wet or dirty boots or vice versa. It dosen't matter how dirty they get you stay clean as you put them on or take them off.
About the fabric...
Made from a true 4-layer breathable fabric, they have both microporous and hydrophilic properties. The breathability is ISO tested at 330 m2pa/w and the fabric will withstand a hydrostatic pressure of 10,000 millimetres. With this latest technology, Dryline are able to offer you breathable wader that has exceptional waterproofing and tremendous breathability.
The fabric is the heart and soul of breathable waders. No matter how flash the design is, if the fabric has been skimped on, then you’re wasting your time and money. Dryline waders are the only wader that uses a breathable fabric that is ISO tested. While most other waders will quote a gms/24 hours (grams of water per square metre of fabric per 24 hours), we use a fabric that is ISO tested. The reason being a gms/24hours figure is easy to manipulate by changing the water temperature, air temperature and pressure, and humidity. By changing these you can get your fabric to have a much better rating than it might otherwise deserve. That doesn’t mean everyone does this, but how do you tell the “honest” ones from the rogues?
By using an ISO tested fabric, everything (water/air temperature, humidity etc.) has to be the same, no matter who is testing it. The fabric is tested to meet ISO-11092. The result of these tests is a rating of 330 m2pa/w, which means you can walk continuously in comfort, at a temperature of 20 deg C for at least 75 minutes, at 15 deg C for 100 minutes, and at 10 deg C for 240 minutes. This information reference is taken directly from EN-343 recognised standard for foul weather apparel.
The term 'Microporous' refers to the ability of a fabric to pass water vapour through, but not water liquid. The fabric contains millions of pores less than one micrometer (one millionth of a meter) in diameter—less than one fiftieth the size of a human hair. A water molecule, such as from sweat, is 700 times smaller than the pores, which means they can freely pass through the fabric, but water found in lakes, rivers and rain is a liquid made up of droplets, each of which contains trillions of water molecules. So a single water drop is about 20,000 times bigger than the pores in microporous fabrics, so there’s no way it’s coming through!
The only problem with a microporous fabric, is for it to work, the water needs to be in the form of a vapour. If you're working hard, your sweat will condense on the inside of the fabric, and it will stay there until it is turned back into a vapour. That’s where the hydrophilic property comes into play. Hydrophilic means water-loving, so it is able to attract water to itself and then using capillary action moves it to the outside of the fabric. This even works while the outside of the fabric is submerged in water!
Given enough pressure, water can be forced the wrong way through the breathable fabric, so it requires strength to stop this. Dryline breathable fabrics are able to withstand a hydrostatic pressure of 10,000mm. This means you can have a column water up to 10 metres high on top of the fabric, and it won’t come through (leak). While some fabric’s will quote far higher ratings, 10,000mm (or 10 metres) seems to be the standard for breathable fabrics used in waders. Normally the higher the rating, the lower the fabrics ability to keep you comfortable from moisture build-up. Remember, you are only wading to a depth no more than your chest!
As an added extra, the breathable fabric also has a Teflon coating added to the outside of the fabric. This gives the fabric the ability to shed dirt and water. After time this layer becomes clogged with dirt and salts from the body and will need to be cleaned. Unlike most other fabrics, you do not need to reapply this coating after washing your Dryline waders. Just simply heat with a warm iron, and the coating is reactivated again. This saves on having to wait for the reapplied coating to dry, and on cost by not having to purchase further products to keep your Dryline breathable waders in excellent condition.
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