I am 6 ' and at one time i weighed 200 lbs . I was pretty darn fat . <| sep |> About the Orvis wader guarantee I just shipped a pair of Encounter bootfoot and River Guard bootfoot waders off to Orvis for repair . The leaking was from seams in the fabric and boot connections , not from wear or abuse . Its going to cost me $ 40 pair and their policy is to try and repair them not replace them . If they find them to be unrepairable they will talk to me about getting me into a new pair meaning , giving me a discount on a new pair . This seems to be a very unsatisfactory solution and frankly I ' m surprised at Orvis . I guess I ' ll be shopping around for somebody else to buy waders from . Anybody have bootfoots they ' d recommend ?