Post here if Ray Guards saved you

OK I've heard two camps from people who ACTUALLY wade fish on the regular, not twice a year.



First is "I've waded here for years without ray guards and never had a problem. I just shuffle my feet."



Second is "I used to wade without them, then I/someone with me got hit and now I won't leave home without them." (Or the alternate, almost as common "I had brand X, a ray hit me in just the right spot and got through, now I wear brand Y.")



HOWEVER the story I do not hear is "I got hit by a stingray hard, but what do you know, my trusty ray guards saved the day."









Imagine a smoke alarm having the same testimonials:

"I've lived in this house for years and its never burned down. If I smell smoke, I go check it out."

"I used to not have a smoke detector, then my house caught on fire. Now I have one in every room."



Those are useless testimonials! Where's the ray-guard equivalent of this one:

"I was asleep and my smoke detector woke me up. Turns out there was an electrical fire, it saved my home."





So post on this thread if you've got a story of ray guards actually doing the job their label refuses to suggest they do.