If you buy them, let us know how you like them. My two cents, if I was gonna spend that kinda money on waders I would expect to make a phone call and have a new pair shipped next day air (small repair or leak). I wouldn’t want to be out a $1k pair of waders two weeks out of the season, nor would I expect to be.
If it was a manufacturer defect I'm sure they would do that. If you rip your waders on a pair of barbed wire that is on you and they shouldn't be put out for overnight shipping because of it. Also I'm sure they could have them back to you a lot sooner than 2 weeks if you asked them.
They have sent us badarse goretex patches for some knicks we got in waterproof jackets that I'm sure they will include with their waders for small fixes. Then after the season I'm sure you could send them in to have them professionally repaired. We filmed a hunt with RNT-V this past January and they all had them on. I was impressed by what I saw and although goretex is expensive, the materials are not worth $1000. It is the lifetime warranty you are paying for. Similar to Yeti coolers. I had 5 yeti hoppers because the zipper kept breaking until they finally sent me a tundra 45 to replace it. All for the price of 1 Yeti Hopper. If that had been an RTIC soft cooler I would have thrown 5 coolers away.
Mine should be here by no later than teal season so I will report back once I have had a chance to wear them for a month or so.