Vertice Rain Gaiters

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Ankle Height - $75 Color:	Ankle Height Specifications: Weight: 1.4 ounces (40 grams) per pair Height: 8" (20 cm) Girth: 16" (40 cm)
Calf Height - $85 Color:	Calf Height Specifications: Weight: 2.1 ounces (60 grams) per pair Height: 17.5" (44 cm) Girth: 18" (46 cm)
Spare Gaiter Under-Shoe Cord (Pair) - $1

Clothing items are made to order and are currently shipping in about one week. There may be lightly used gear in our Bargain Bin!

Description:

Vertice Rain Gaiters keep your lower legs and shoes protected from rain water and brush. Unlike some gaiters they fully cover your laces to keep more water out. They can be put on without removing your shoes.

Ankle height are good to keep debris and water out of running shoes. Calf height are good for walking through wet brush.

If you have large legs, please check that the specified girth will fit around your calf.

Features:

Waterproof front zipper for easy deployment.
An adjustable, replaceable cord runs under the arch of your shoe. The cord is about 16" (41 cm) long, 2.2 mm extremely strong UHMWPE. The cord can easily be swapped out when it wears through. Extra cord is available.
Adjustable shock cord at the top.
A custom made rust-proof aluminum clip near the toe attaches to your laces to keep the gaiters in place. Your shoe laces are covered.
Machine washable. Line dry.
All Zpacks gear has a two year limited warranty against defects in materials or workmanship. Please see our return / warranty policy.

Construction:

Built from our 3-Layer Vertice waterproof breathable fabric. This material is constructed with a tricot lining to wick moisture away from your skin, a waterproof, vapor permeable membrane in the middle, and 7 denier ripstop nylon on the exterior.
Incredible 56,000+ g/m^2/24hr vapor transfer per test JIS L 1099 Method B1. This breathability rating blows away most other rain gear, including our previous generation fabrics.
Fully waterproof, 20,000 mm hydrostatic head rating.
Durable, effective "C6" water repellent on the exterior.

Reviews and Customer Testimonials:

Please email us with feedback (good or bad) if you have any!

"Your gaiter design is better than any I've found elsewhere. You should market them more! They beat the competition which forces you to take off your shoe just to remove the gaiter. And other velcro designs are heavy and mostly for winter use, it seems. Sewing the hem at the beginning of the zipper makes it easy to slip the gaiter over the toe, too!" Kurt N.

"I love the design of the gaiters. I love the coverage, that they form fit to small size trail runners, that you can adjust how tightly they pull down to the shoe, that you can vent them while hiking, and taking them on and off is super easy with shoes on. It's so wonderful to work with people who get the idea of custom gear and at such reasonable prices. Really great customer service!" -Zack F.

"I recently returned from a month of bushwalking in Australia and Tasmania where I wore my new gaiters for six days on the Overland Track. It would be a tough test for any gaiter, given the Track�s extremely wet conditions and they performed superbly! Even though it rained for most of the trip, and sections of the trail were boggy, often containing inches of muck, the lower part of my pants/raingear stayed clean and mostly dry. I really like the fact that Zpacks gaiters have a thin zipper instead of velcro, which have been prone to clogging with mud. I also like that the design covered my boot laces and helped them stay mostly free of the muck that everyone else in my party had to deal with, since they were wearing gaiters with less coverage. At the end of the day, the dirt could be easily rinsed off. When I was considering ordering them, I was a bit worried about the fit since I�m an average-sized female (5�8�, 140lbs) and the gaiters are only available in one size, but they adjusted nicely. Thanks for a great product that is now a permanent part of my wet-weather arsenal. I�ll be recommending them to my guiding friends." -Eve W.