I usually am in a pair of waders 60-80 days a year and i like the zipper waders for the convenience by cabelas and hodgeman. If you only use them a couple of times a year i would go with a good pair of 3 ply canvas waders, if you are going to use them more than 5 or 10 times of year then i would go with neoprene waders 3mm at the minimum. Let us know how much you hunt,what type of weather, and how much you want to spend. Oh yeah how deep of water do you hunt 98% of the time.