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Here's my experience:

I purchased a set for each member of my family for a rafting trip we went on in Idaho. they were light weight and packable. We had one rainy day and the toggs done pretty well.

When we got home my set had some serious river funk to them. my wife decided to wash them. I didn't think anything about it. It actually took the paper fell out of them, they where much quieter and more comfortable. The problem was they didn't repel water anymore. Unfortunately i didn't find this out until on the lake fishing and a storm blew in. I swore off frog togs after that.

about a year later i went on a 4 day weekend fishing trip. I took my normal rain gear but a buddy brought... you guessed it... frogg toggs. Well a cold front came through and we had 3 days of cold, dreary, nasty, wet fishing. I was fine in my Cabela's brand Goretex rain suit. My Buddy was miserable. the Last day after we loaded the boat he walked over to the trash bin and stuffed his new Frogg toggs in the can.

I see these threads and wonder if I bought the only good set of Frogg Toggs. I've worn them in down pours and remained dry. I've worn them in brush and they remained untorn.

They're cheap, lightweight rain gear that has served its purpose for me. I think David Long used to also wear FTs.

I think the reviews are honest despite being poles apart. I have worn mine to a rainy, sleety football game and felt warm and dry. They're fine for snow blowing the drive, exercise walks - or for the aforementioned tire chaining. But I wouldn't rate them as serious foul weather gear, brush busters, or hunting apparel.

Like most things, they are what they are, and their price hints at what that is.

You and Lefty Carbon have two of the very few positive reviews I've ever seen about FT.

I haven't used them because after looking at them and trying them, they don't feel very durable to me and are way too noisy to suit me.

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What he said!

I must be wrong.

They work great for something I can carry easily and without much room on my motorcycle. Not the most durable, but for the money, they aren't bad. Try on a pair first though, they must use different vendors. The quality seems pretty consistent, but I have had XL's that are way too tight, and others that border on too big.

Bought a set and tore the jacket the first time out. Not very impressed.