I have the Cabela’s ones. They are my first pair and I have nothing to compare them to, other than what I see.
16 days on the water this year, close to 30 last year, no signs of anything.
I like that they have grip on the bottom of the socks. My feed tend not to move in the boot. It is the right size boot, but it reduces any movement that I can feel, even with flippers on a belly boat.
I find them comfortable, maybe a little heavy for weather like it has been, but I don’t notice it when I get in the water anyway.
Three things I don’t like. One, the pouch is very small, on the inside, and just felt. I’d rather it be bigger and easier access.
Two, the shoulder straps are stretchy. Everything about them it stretchy, there is no solid strapping anywhere. I get and appreciate elastic, but I think there is just to much of it.
Three, no belt loops for the wading belt.