Gaiters

[ILUVSWTAS]

My boss restitched mine with his machine he uses for sail making. They have had over 20walks now and still dont look like coming apart.
Surely it wouldnt be hard for STS to do this from the start.. But then I guess they wouldnt sell as many pairs and not make so much damn money

[flyfisher]

ILSWTAS, If they fixed the problem with the stitching, then people wouldn't be looking at other brands so much, Nothing like good feedback to keep sales on track. I know a bloke who is trying out a later versiun of them, they may be o.k.
The velcro at the front is a blessing for us old fogies because they are the easiest gaiter I've ever put on, especially when your not very flexible, and you dont dave anything too awkward to reach.

[Penguin]

Did a cruse of the hiking shops in the CBD of Melbourne this morning, nothing new or impressive on the gaiter front for Tassie conditions.

We cN but live in hope

[vagrom]

My first pair of S2S were very kindly repaired for free after dropping them into Scout Outdoor. But I think they may have to go to and from WA, so they'll only do that once. The next pair broke up as quick as the first. I'm guessing there's no worse place in the world for gaiters than Tassie and too few of us to justify making a bomb proof version.
If S2S could offer a discount on the next pair, then we could post back our stuffed ones and they'd be able to see the common failure points and perhaps work on them. But then we'd be up to $100; they'd have to retool at the factory, somewhere in China.
If you Google "Instigaiter gaiter" you'll get their website. They appear to have good gear in general and ship worldwide free; orders must be over $60. The Duper is called an Alpine gaiter whereas the Instig. is all canvas and called "for bush" and all rounder, but it's the cheapest of the three at AU$78.
The Wild reviewer didn't have a name. Point taken Azza: all that glitters...
Clearly, whoever's gaiters wear out first and don't have a pair in waiting is now obliged to do our bit for the Kiwi economy and tell us how they went.
The reviewer seemed to see daylight between these and the others but Tas. conditions are the criterion.

[vagrom]

and further: the Duper's fabric is described only as "C-1000 and C-600" which I can only guess is a type of canvas. Only the Instigator fabric is specifically called "Canvas".
And by Googling "Cactus gaiter" first up came BWT threads from Jan and Feb of this year. Click on "Cached". Ollster, Azza, Climberman and Ent give some provisional ticks but the thread died in June, after 5 pages.

[Azza]

I'm guessing there's no worse place in the world for gaiters than Tassie and too few of us to justify making a bomb proof version.

Apparently S2S are.. but only the select few have details. The rest of us haven't seen anything yet.
Apparently so the story goes 90% of S2S gaiter returns come from Tasmania.

The main problem with the cactus gaiters was that the stitching failed is about the same time as the S2S..
I stitched them back up again, but them tore a hole. The only thing that set it apart from S2S was the lace hook, which I really liked.
They certainly weren't perfect by any means. Two panels of canvas the heavier round the base, lighter around the top. A seam to fall apart in the middle.

I did see a nice pair of camo hunting gaiters last time I was in Christchurch. With wire strap, made out of 100lbs fishing wire and crimps.
A little too red neck bogan for my tastes. But they looked pretty tough.

Something like this ...
http://www.outdoorsupplies.co.nz/hunt_kneegaitors.htm

[vagrom]

Not the camo design I thought you meant. They're actually a bit arty.

[Azza]

Its not the design I saw in the shop... as you say quite arty.