RVOps Berghaus Yeti Gaiters

[juanbollozzy]

good tips but lets see you get the 2011 attak version on a altburg defender took me 20 min per boot and I was blue in the face, first tip loose the middle strand before you start then just get mean on them,, the good thing about the new attak yetis is even if you cut off the strand the yeti would never slip off as it sits over and grips superbly it's just a ball ache getting them on well worth the £70 notes spent tho,,

[busckeen]

Thank you so much for making this video. I had no idea how to even attach them. I'm new to all this. Excellent work. Keep Waffling : )

[peasantchurl]

this video is dumb

[ehtelioncg]

but will the boiling water damage the Gore-tex due to high temperatures?

[RVOps]

Although the water wouldnt damage the Goretex its important to note that you dont submerge the gaiter that deep.

Hope that helps....

[xpabu]

Superb video: I didn't know what to expect but feel well up for the challenge of fitting my Yetis now! thanks for this.

[philparker99]

You are struggling way too much there mate, put the boots on your feet and lace them up tightly first, then put the Yetis on in the same way that you show, you wont need to boil them, room temperature will be fine.

[danscoular]

Brilliant instruction, thanks so much! My Lowas are finally mated with my Yetis- as it were.

I tried this after soaking the gaiters in a sink of hot water and completely failed. A full 20 mins simmering on a low flame did the trick, and no need for Fairy liquid!

[robertjaiken]

Great vid. Well done.

[woolef]

Do the gaiters get any easier to put on the more you take them on and off? There's another video here on Youtube that shows the guy putting yeti gaiters on in just a few seconds but the rubber seems more pliable and not the same as the yetis I have for my Altbergs (they're red/black on the vid, mine are green as in your vid)

[tidydannyboy]

I find that after you get the heel in properly it's much easier to then put the boot on. You will then get a lot more leverage to pull the toe of the gaiter over the boot. You can also use this technique if the toe pops off when out in the field.

Another great vid and Yetis are a fantastic piece of kit. I would recommend them to anyone.

[ambientend]

I'm surprised Berghaus hasn't adressed some of the fitting issues by now.

For what they do, sounds great. Problem is the practicality of it. How you would have the time or resources to fit these in the field I really don't know.

Unless you were going to keep them on for the duration of an excersise then they don't seem that practical - They may provide good protection but if it suddenly turns cold and wet, they don't seem like a good short-term soloution.

Kit aside, another great vid from RVOps

[RVOps]

From experience those who fit the Yeti Gaiters to their boots very rarely take them off and would only fit them prior to an exercise. If you feel youre going to get a sustained period of dry weather then you would take the chance and not attach them. Thanks for the compliment regarding the videos more to follow in the next few weeks.

[Schischwein]

@ambientend It's not a bad design for a more dedicated wet boot and more cumbersome where the environment means that one is getting into low water, wet tall grass, etc. This would assume you brought your other boots for drier days. Something like OR gaiters are much easier to put on and easier to pack but while they work well for wet tall grass, the height of the boot is still the height before ingress in water. However, at that point one should consider quicker drying boots instead