[at-l] gaiters

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

I like the OR Rocky Mountain High gaiters (the pack cloth model). I have a 
long calf and the pair I had prior to the ORs weren't tall enough. The tops 
came just to the largest part of my calf and wouldn't stay up. The OR's 
reach almost to my knee and stay up fine. They have grommets at the bottom 
for the underfoot cord which does wear out. I just replaced it with a piece 
of parachute cord. Being not-young and not-flexible I like the front Velcro 
closure too. On my old gaiters, trying to fit together the ends of a 
zipper, behind my heel, with elastic fighting my efforts to pull the two 
sides together, while the top was flopping around, was not fun. There is a 
hook (like the speed lace hooks on boots) on the front of the ORs that 
hooks over your boot laces. You might want to put a small key ring on the 
laces to attach it to so it doesn't wear the laces.

At 08:41 PM 3/1/2004 -0500, Jean-Paul Miller wrote:
>i am in the market for gaiters.
>
>i like the full height gaiters as i dont find my legs over heat. i was using
>a old pair i got real cheap but they are broken now. they have a zipper on
>them which fails and broken buttons and they are ripping.
>
>i was looking at REI and OR as a replacement. the OR i can get with grommets
>and the REI brand has a belt (that hard rubber belt thing) that goes under
>the boot...  my concern is they market these things for winter travel and i
>use them to keep bugs and junk and water and dirt off of my legs. will i
>wear through the belt very fast? my old gaiters used a gromet system also
>and i was able to replace the rope i put under there when it wore through.
>no one i can find seems to use them for non-snow travel.
>
>OR = gromet and more expensive. i also dont like the fit around the boot at
>teh bottom it is some kinda bungee cord feeling thing. feels very
>uncomfortable on my legs.
>http://www.outdoorresearch.com/cgi-bin/hazel.cgi?action=serve&item=products/footwear/gaiters/rocky_mtn_high_gaiters.html
>
>REI= belt, cheaper, fits better, wider velcro closure to allow for a more
>customized fit but it only comes with some kinda hard rubber belt with metal
>buckles and i see no way of modifiing the gaiter to remove the belt as it is
>riveted on.
>http://www.rei.com/online/store/ProductDisplay?storeId=8000&catalogId=40000008000&productId=7064987&parent_category_rn=4501452
>
>
>what other gaiters do people use i looked up mountain hardwear, north face,
>OR, REI, MEC... i was not really happy with any of them.. do people know
>other brands i can look up.
>
>wisperlight
>
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