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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Equipment => Topic started by: 08megacab on Feb 18, 2015, 05:02 PM
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I don't know if this will be moved or deleted but I'm looking for help on finding a place that has the best prices on striker bibs and jackets. Looking at the climate bibs and hardwater jacket.
Thanks
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I got mine here
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=14&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CH8QFjAN&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.profishingsupply.com%2Fapparel%2Fstriker_ice_suits.htm&ei=5BrlVJutEoadyQSrqIGgDg&usg=AFQjCNF2PgXzTMJGtjMcb6pLOnv6MJj2rA&bvm=bv.85970519,d.aWw
I think most stores have the same pricing on these suits, unless you get lucky and find an end of season deal in the size you're looking for.
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Fish USA has them
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I think most stores have the same pricing on these suits, unless you get lucky and find an end of season deal in the size you're looking for.
Most have similar pricing ...may find some discounts here and their ...but end of season clearance is the best Try Red Rock Wilderness toward end of season ...act fast ...sizes go quick ...sign up for their Email and you wont miss it
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I bought my Climate bibs from Pro Fishing Supply last August for $169.95 free ship. Great discount & company to deal with.
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i found a 25% off from gander mountain. bought my wife and my self a set. free ship and returns.
they have a 10% right now i think, but if you pay tax, then its only 4% off in michigan.
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I bought my Climate bibs from Pro Fishing Supply last August for $169.95 free ship. Great discount & company to deal with.
I second Pro Fishing
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Your best bet is to get them during the off season when they want to sell them to make room for new stuff, a lot better prices.
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how's the sizing on the float suits, do they run smaller/larger than advertised. are they bulky? you guys that wear them are you wearing long underware with them, I'm hearing that they are warm sitting in the shanty? I'm warm in the shanty without a heater and no long underware or gloves. Thanks
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womens size are 2 sizes too small almost maybe 1.5 sizes off too small.
mens are sized right. they use elastic around your mid section to keep air out, so it might feel smaller, but its not. the legs have 3 adjustable lengths using velcro, but the gators do not. probably will cut mine out.
they are thick, but light wearing them. in your hands they feel substantial. the worst thing about them is the tiny opening in your bibs for the jig box's. they sewn in zippers and those are in the way bare handed.
you don't have to wear any thing under them, but like under wear, you want to wear some thing thats easier to wash than the suit, so base layer or pajamas or sweets. i have the arm pit opening open all of the time and can't tell its opened.
in my shack, i take the coat off if it was on, most times i don't wear my coat out until last ice days when the ice gets iffy. i just hang it up in the shack and wear it off ice when the sun is down.
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I don't know if this will be moved or deleted but I'm looking for help on finding a place that has the best prices on striker bibs and jackets. Looking at the climate bibs and hardwater jacket.
Thanks
Go with the climate jacket and hard water bibs the climate bibs suck the adjustable inseam always comes undone and sucks water up the inside, even with the liner out. Both knees leak on mine after half a season.
I absolutely love the jacket.
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Bought Hardwater bibs yesterday from Glen's for $156 with free shipping
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Go with the climate jacket and hard water bibs the climate bibs suck the adjustable inseam always comes undone and sucks water up the inside, even with the liner out. Both knees leak on mine after half a season.
I absolutely love the jacket.
Good to see another negative review. I know a lot of people love theirs but I've had nothing but issues. I've had mine just over a year. There's a bad seam or something on my climate jacket, I have a draft in it. And it's not an open vent. The only thing that helped was super gluing the vent and flap across the back. The male side of the zipper began ripping recently. I have the same issue of wet knees as you. AND the seam ripped inside the bibs. I bought it in Nov 2013 and started using it in Dec 2013. Sent an email right away about the draft but nothing was done other than I was told they never heard of it before. The seam in the bibs ripped one month in and I noticed the wet knees at the beginning of this year. Last month the male zipper went. I tried contacting them but was told I'd have to pay for repairs since it was over a year old, despite showing the emails of issues right out of the box. I think not, no way am I sinking any more money into it. Guess I'll just chalk it up to a failure on the suit and Striker to make things right. I could understand paying for a single fix, but when I have 4 major issues in just over a year, they should be making right. I thought I had the cadillac of ice suits but after 6 months of use I have a piece of garbage. I know in the very beginning they had issues left and right with faulty seams, I have a feeling I got a leftover one from that time period.
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Well I'm still going to give them a try and see how it turns out. Hope they last lol
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Well I'm still going to give them a try and see how it turns out. Hope they last lol
Your nuts! I'm telling you the climate jacket is really nice but the bibs suck you are going to wish you listened to us I bet!
Don't get me wrong I like them but really wish I went with the hardwater bibs.
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I didn't mean I was going with the climate ones but I want to try out striker bibs and coat. It probable will be the Hardwater ones
Your nuts! I'm telling you the climate jacket is really nice but the bibs suck you are going to wish you listened to us I bet!
Don't get me wrong I like them but really wish I went with the hardwater bibs.
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I didn't mean I was going with the climate ones but I want to try out striker bibs and coat. It probable will be the Hardwater ones
That rout may be a little cheaper but I'm telling you the climate coat is the cats a$$ the removable liner is water proof too I wear it trolling in the spring and if its raining I wear just the shell.
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I'm going to NorthWoods here in Michigan tomorrow so hope they have some to try. Thanks for the input on the climates.
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FYI I've owned a Artic Armour suit for 7 years. More than happy with it!! And will tell you it works,warm,and not bulky.
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FYI I've owned a Artic Armour suit for 7 years. More than happy with it!! And will tell you it works,warm,and not bulky.
i have both now.
artic armor and striker. striker hard water is much warmer and quite fabric. pockets on aa are better, deeper and postioned better and more thought went into them except the bibs on aa, there are no chest pockets. striker has 3.
if the two companies would merge, then we might get the perfect suit.
the aa stitching is getting weird and the coat was not warm (always got cold between the shoulders and the size was too big because it runs a size or more too much so air was also a problem), but it is the best at floating. i don't float that much so wanted to try the striker this season. other than the pockets and not the best floating between the two, its very nice. also, the fabric on the aa does not breath. its a tight weave and loud when rubbed against itself, like kids snow pants do.
both are way better than the blue clam suit, what ever it was named.
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i have both now.
artic armor and striker. striker hard water is much warmer and quite fabric. pockets on aa are better, deeper and postioned better and more thought went into them except the bibs on aa, there are no chest pockets. striker has 3.
if the two companies would merge, then we might get the perfect suit.
the aa stitching is getting weird and the coat was not warm (always got cold between the shoulders and the size was too big because it runs a size or more too much so air was also a problem), but it is the best at floating. i don't float that much so wanted to try the striker this season. other than the pockets and not the best floating between the two, its very nice. also, the fabric on the aa does not breath. its a tight weave and loud when rubbed against itself, like kids snow pants do.
both are way better than the blue clam suit, what ever it was named.
2X
if you don't want that cold on your back get cabelas goose down underwear top and bottom! I never get cold ever. Hand warmers in my gloves and in my boots I can go all day and night.
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Well went shopping for them today and found out that they don't have my size or its not the right ones ??? I'll just keep looking.......
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Well went shopping for them today and found out that they don't have my size or its not the right ones ??? I'll just keep looking.......
Based on your outing were you able to guess your size ?
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Yes I did.... I need a large in the coat and XL in the bibs. I don't understand it being I'm 6'1, 215 to 220 lbs. I thought a XL in the coast as well but it just seems way to baggy.
Based on your outing were you able to guess your size ?
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Yes I did.... I need a large in the coat and XL in the bibs. I don't understand it being I'm 6'1, 215 to 220 lbs. I thought a XL in the coast as well but it just seems way to baggy.
You have been to the Striker Ice site ...and looked at their sizing chart ...do they match with your field trip?
http://www.strikerice.com/index.php/jackets/item/1-climate-jacket#size-chart
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Yes its very accurate on the coat but the bibs might be a little off. Large in the bibs seem a little tight but not skin tight. I can kneel in the large
You have been to the Striker Ice site ...and looked at their sizing chart ...do they match with your field trip?
http://www.strikerice.com/index.php/jackets/item/1-climate-jacket#size-chart
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Yes its very accurate on the coat but the bibs might be a little off. Large in the bibs seem a little tight but not skin tight. I can kneel in the large
GREAT ...your ahead of the game now find a deal or your comfort zone price ...good luck and happy hunting .
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Thanks and you too.
GREAT ...your ahead of the game now find a deal or your comfort zone price ...good luck and happy hunting .
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Yes its very accurate on the coat but the bibs might be a little off. Large in the bibs seem a little tight but not skin tight. I can kneel in the large
That's a big help to me since I can't try them on because there isn't any where near me that sells them.
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That's a big help to me since I can't try them on because there isn't any where near me that sells them.
The jacket is spot on with the chart. I can only speak to the climate bibs but they run on the very large side and they suck!
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I can only speak to the climate bibs but they run on the very large side and they suck!
Yours might, mine don't. Seams & zippers all good; No leaks and its been a slushfest this season. Little thigh pockets, and hand drying patches pop off waaay too easy. Those are my only gripes...
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My only complaint is to many dam pockets,,, lost my keys when I got home, searched the house, the garage, the snowbanks around the driveway for 3 hours. They were in the hand warmer pockets on the bibs. I checked every pocket on the suit so I thought, shook everything and didn't hear the keys so figured they weren't in them. Wife spread them them on the floor and felt around and finally found them, dam pockets!!!! But man is the suit ever nice to have in minus 20 with 35km winds, nice and warm....I wish I would have got a large bib instead of a xl as I find them a bit big.
Tim
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Every place around me either has the wrong color or right color wrong suit or the wrong size. I hope I can get a suit online when they go on sale.
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Look on the bright side, at least you can try them on so you are sure you'll get the right size when you order it.
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True but I hope I can find what im looking for this year
Look on the bright side, at least you can try them on so you are sure you'll get the right size when you order it.
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Sale on striker gear!
http://sportsmensdirect.com/shop/sale/
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Thanks, I just bought the climate coat there but couldn't find my size bibs
Thanks!!
Sale on striker gear!
http://sportsmensdirect.com/shop/sale/
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Well I did go with the Striker Climate Coat and Bib's. I have to say that the coat is awesome and love everything about it. The Bib's on the other hand I would only change the gators on how they work but other than that I love them too. I was walking and kneeling in slush and snow with no problems. I also have muck boots on and I have my pant legs tucked in them so no concerns with wicking. They are very warm and very comfortable and glad I went with them.
Thanks for all the info IS members