I have found them to be plenty waterproof for my hunting.I actually thought my feet were getting wet a couple times but come to find out that since the originals are not insulated.When you step into COLD water,it feels like your feet are getting wet but after closer inspection,my feet were dry,but instead,they were just feeling the cold water.

My feet never actually got wet.

I doubt I will have an issue with the new model because I am not walking through water where I hunt in the extreme cold weather.