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   Sundance
   Member

   Kokotat Mens Hydrus 3L Bibs, Large, with releif zipper and attached socks.  $330.00.  Brand new, still have the tags on them.

   Jim

   Posted 8 years ago #
2. 

   Chekika
   Member

   Why are you selling these, Jim?

   Posted 8 years ago #
3. 

   Sundance
   Member

   They were a special order to get them with the attached socks and relief zipper and turned out to be too big for me.  I re-ordered and now have a pair in Medium that fit me.  I don't need these.

   Posted 8 years ago #
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   Chekika
   Member

   Jim, I asked the question because I was curious & interested.  I recently purchased a pair of Kokatat hydrus paddle pants with integral socks, which are considerably cheaper than the bibs, but have worked so far.  The bibs, however, give you more protection, i.e., higher on you body if you are seated in an AI/TI or towing your AI/TI along shore and happen to step off a ridge line, as I did recently.  In this case, I had some water get inside the waist band on my hydrus pants.  I probably would have stayed dry with bibs.  Also, if you are in rough water, and an occasional wave washes over into your cockpit, the hydrus pants may take on a little water, whereas the bibs would not.  That said, I'm very happy with my hydrus pants.

   NRS has a pair of Kokatat hydrus bibs which are cheaper than your quoted price, but the NRS bibs do not have integral socks.  I've looked at the Kokatat site and they show 2 paddle bibs:  (1) hydrus materal, no integral socks, and (2) Kokatat material, which do have integral socks.  I'm trying to find out from Kokatat if their hydrus bibs do/do not have integral socks.

   Keith

   Posted 8 years ago #
5. 

   Sundance
   Member

   Check the NRS price, I don't think it includes the zipper or the attached socks.

   Posted 8 years ago #
6. 

   Chekika
   Member

   Jim, I've been looking at the Kokatat site, and their Hydrus 3L bibs do not have integral socks.  I think the bibs you are selling are Goretex--then the price is probably very reasonable.  Here is a link to the Kokatat Goretex bibs w/ relief zipper & interal socks http://kokatat.com/gore-texr-whirlpool-bib-with-relief-zipper-and-socks-men.html  These seem to be the ones that Chief used in last year's EC (I have a picture of Chief on my Hobie forum thread:  http://www.hobiecat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=7276&sid=9ea9b4547349cc29c72d5765f779bb2f&start=270  Scroll down to my post about the start of EC2013 and then to the picture of Chief--his bibs are clearly the Kokatat Goretex bibs w/ zipper & socks.

   Keith

   Posted 8 years ago #
7. 

   Sundance
   Member

   I know, thses are the Hydrus 3L Whirlpool Bibs.  I special ordered the and the installed the zipper and the socks.

   Give me a call if you're interested, 904-735-6989.

   Posted 8 years ago #

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