the 2 piece Stich is as good as it needs to be for the money, it's worth every penny it costs, especially if you want it customized for fit, i.e. getting the knee pads EXACTLY where you want them, special cuts for added room and swing, custom colors and combinations, etc.
No other manufacturer will go to the extents they will to make the suit fit you right.
This includes shipping you an "off the shelf" sized combo for fit trials, so you CAN tell them exactly where to modify it (remove 2" above the kne, add 3 inches below the knee, add in the widening panels on the sides from the hip to the underarm, an inch here and there on the elbow pads, etc....) and then return the "model" to them and they make you a perfct and I SAY perfect garment.
You will not be dissapointed if you go thru that with them, they ARE customer oriented....you will not find a thread out of place, or dangling anywhere on your garment. Every one is gone over with a fine eye, a dozen times, before Shirley holds it up for you ON CAMERA IF YOU DESIRE, LIVE, as she is putting it in it's shipping box.......
yeah, that's what you get for the bucks....and you will need only one to last for many years.....unless you hit a deer.... (sorry, had to mention that one...hheeeeee Mike, deer don't see yellow, they see Blue...wrong color...)
They also offer repairs to any product they sell, and you don't get that from the folks at the "off the shelf store"
quality costs, and it shows.
Well, that's a boatload of moola.. With that in mind, why not entertain Kevlar? Toughest and most durable material available..
http://www.motoport.com/
I've not heard much about it on this forum, but highly praised for it's durability with a top notch customer service dept.
the jacket alone, with the waterprof liner (costs extra) and all the "extra$$ to have the same features asa Stich, less the
Kevlar part, runs $1042 alone...just jacket....add some pants with the same features, and you are sitting at $1689.....
and you still have 2 pieces, plus 2 liners, that need to be installed when the rain hits. If you brought them along.