Back in the year 1999 or 2000 I bought the first generation of Frogg Toggs.  Bare bones model with bibs, no pockets , the feel of thin paper and the campfire spark resistance of even thinner paper.  A demo at the Indianapolis Sport Show sold me when they were pushing steam from a tea pot through the material and suspending a cup of water in another piece.  The new technology failed on the welded seams in the crotch of the bibs the first day of my trip that year.  A rainy spring with a rental canoe and tractor seats that did not drain well.  Once I located the company, which was no small task, they admitted the engineering flaw and promptly sent me not one but two complete replacements of both jacket and bibs.

I have worn out several sets since then.  The newer models with more bells and whistles have not worked as well.  My most recent Frogg Toggs set had more robust fabric with waterproof zippered pockets, cargo pockets, pockets to roll the hood up in and zippered bibs and jacket that leak horribly in an all day rain where the water tends to pond in your lap when sitting in a canoe.
My current set is a pair of Grunden breathable bibs with no zippers and the jacket mentioned above.  Seems to be OK.  Or maybe I should say “seams” to be OK.

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