Joe,

I would avoid any Simms Freestone waders, pants or chest. Had an older pair of Freestone chest-highs, that gave me 4 years of pretty good service. When they started leaking in the feet, I sent them back to the factory and received a brand new pair, which started leaking, again in the feet, within a few months. Unfortunately that was in April and I'd been fishing a number of very cold tailwaters in MT. Just happened to be around Bozeman, so I called the factory, told them the story and was invited to drop by - 45 minutes later I show up with still wet waders. Talked to their service rep, who said they'd moved production of the Freestone line "offshore", and the quality control was problematic. He also said they'd replace my Leaking Lena's again, for free, but I'd probably be bringing them back with 6 months with the same issues but, for a slight cost, I could upgrade to a pair of Gore-tex (made in USA), which would keep my feet dry. Didn't have the cash at that point so I took another pair of Freestones which, true to form, sprouted multiple leaks in the feet by July (actually a bit ahead of schedule). Finally broke down, paid for the upgrade and, knock on wood so far, have kept my toes dry. Freestones? - never, ever again. Simms, which prides itself on it's reputation within the FF community, is doing a disservice to it's customers by even putting them in its product line, especially at $200+.
Rant over - gotta go out back and put some snow on the back of my neck.

Regards,
Scott