Thanks for the input. Castwell, $400 for waders would leave me very little money to spend on fishing for the rest of the year. As much as I enjoy fishing, as a budget item it's way below a lot of other things.
I've gotten about three year's use out of my old Hodgman's that I paid $90 for. I am just curious to hear about other people's experience with low to mid priced waders before I buy.