Simms G3 Guide Waders - Initial reaction

Simms G3 Guide Waders

Received these in the post last Friday.

Initial reactions:
Come in a box neatly folded, with the usual blurb leaflets and the wading belt and puncture repair kit in there as well.
The colour is a light tan top and a dark tan/olive lower on the reinforced sections.

The material has that lovely silky ‘dry-greasy’ feeling of water repellent treated goods. The seams on the legs are situated on the front and rear of the legs – eliminating the rub spots where a lot of waders wear out and chaff at their wearers.
The wader belt clips are a slightly different design to the usual ones found on waders etc but work the same and are just as easy to use. They have a G3 sign and a Goretex sign on them respectively The integrated gravel guards are a very fine neoprene type stretchy material with a lace hook on the end.
Feet are 3mm neoprene shaped to individually fit each foot.
The front outside kangaroo pocket has the open handwarmer pockets lined with ultrafine fleece – should be good in winter – would have liked more of a “smiley” curve in its lower side to hold rechargeable handwarmers loose as I feel they may be too prone to falling out as it is. The pocket also has a decent sized zip closed section which runs along the top – handy for a camera or similar.
The internal flip out “tippet pocket” has (once flipped out) 2 velcro closing tippet pockets made of material mesh separated by a tall thin pocket where the included coil bungee retractor is located as well as another zip closed pocket section.
The belt is a very basic web belt which does the job fine, though I suspect anyone with a suspect back will want to invest in a back saver style belt. The belt attaches via 2 thermo welded loops on the sides and one stitched in loop at the back.

It’s interesting the thermo welded loops weren’t used on all three points of attachment.

Considering I bought these by mail order I was very pleased with the fit. Simms give a wide variance of sizes and 30 seconds with a tape measure will get you right on course.
These waders are a more snug fit than my last ones (Chota Chellico shoals) and the neoprene feet give a snug but not tight fit – essential as I want room to wiggle my toes – the trick to keeping them warm when winter fishing. The cross setup of the shoulder traps is comfortable in the short term as well.

Inside its all super smooth, no seam overlaps and there are washing instructions, and a handy loop to hag them to dry (a good idea before putting them away)

So initially very impressed. Simms have clearly put some thought into these and apart from the 2 minor queries (so small I can’t even call them complaints) of the shape of the handwarmer pocket and the 2 welded 1 looped belt loop configuration, I’m delighted and looking forward to giving these a run on the weekend.

EDIT: one thing I also would have liked to see was a mesh bag to keep them in (actually any bag!)