It is all very simple, just post them to the address below, including a note with return address and email address. Ideally write your name inside them and turn them inside out. We prefer them sent in a small cardboard box. Please do not mummify them with tape, we really don’t want to have to cut into the bag with a knife as this risks damaging them. Send them waders with braces attached, but no bag or wader belt and empty the pockets of fly boxes and the like.

When they arrive I will test them, email a report including faults found, repair choices, time scale costs and payment methods. Worst case is a full seamseal, repairing all the pin holes, cuts and scrape leaks we find, and this is £45 plus postage of £10 UK postage and takes a week to two weeks to complete. A few pin holes or a small cut is far cheaper and we advise on these kinds of problems when we see the waders. We can accept basically any payment method and will send details of this with the report. We don’t charge if we cannot repair them, other than return costs, and will advise if we think they will be a problem, but very few are. Even if it’s a disaster we can offer warranty replacement / used or new  waders with huge discounts, and a seamseal, tests, guarantee and UK delivery is included.

1. Package them well, dont mummify with tape
2. Pnclude a note, with EMAIL ADDRESS, return address and mobile number (no note, i wont start them until i know what is required)
3. Write name inside them, turn stocking foots inside out, not turn boot foots.

POST TO

DIVER DAVES WADER REPAIRS

113 JESMOND ROAD

BRIDGE OF DON

ABERDEEN AB228NY

optional royal mail postal service, £10 for up to 8 waders in 1 box -  https://www.royalmail.com/track-my-return/create/2817

https://www.facebook.com/diverdaves.waderrepair

Firstly what kind of fishing are you planning, and do you have an idea of budget.

To find your size I need an accurate chest size, or largest body measurement in inches measured over a t shirt, inside leg from crotch to  ankle bone and normal shoe size. From that I can check what will fit you best and then I can advise. Not every wader make or model fits everybody shape and size and we find that this is one of the main causes of leaks. Please measure accurately, guessing and taking sizes off clothes simply will not work, you will get the wrong size of waders. They will leak for sure.

I have or can get waders from xxs to xxl full body, and have waders in standard, long, short and king size fittings, so will easily match your size.

I decided to attempt to pressure test the wader’s using the same technique as I used for dry suits, and then to repair them to dive suit standards. I got a loan of all my friends waders, most of which had a leak or two and pressure tested them using compressed air. I found that they all leaked in the same places, and that the problem was always the manufacturing technique, they were simply not made to last, the seams, particularly in the crotch and feet being the common leak points. I then compared the seams of dive suits and waders and found that the taping was very poor, however this was an easy fix