The whole week? I only used them the last couple of days... after my croch blew out of mine! Must of been the fumes after eating those dehydrated meals, mixed with jerky.

I was very impressed with them however. They are very durable, and keep the wetness out completely. A couple of snags had me worried that I tore a hole in them, but they stood up to the thick brush of south east Alaska pretty well. I wore my White Polyester covers from Cabelas for the majority of the hiking and hunting, Those helped keep the wind off, and didn't saturate too awful bad when they got wet.

I'm ordering up a set for myself this April for some more adventures to the wet Southern part of our state. Didn't get much of a chance to concern myself with the noise however, mainly because I didn't wear them while we were hunting.