The last time I used them however, before a short rugged day hike up Bear Peak here in Boulder, I noticed a small crack, something I could fit a pencil eraser into. Lost a piece of hardwear, a little loop for the laces, but it seems fair since I gave these boots heck. I've gotten maybe one blister, with occasional hot-spots which I covered with duct-tape. I have pretty normal feet, and these fit me really well, don't know about others. This would put the mileage over 500 miles easy, maybe approaching 1000. This product held up really well for years going on monthly backpacking trips in the Apps as a boy scout and the time since that I have been going about 2x/year with additional hiking trips. Use: trail work, day hikes, overnight hikes with heavy pack We love these ones so much, so hope that those issues are fixed! She had an eyelet at the ankle flex point rip off. One other issue myself & a friend had was minor delamination at the toes, early on. Sometimes I use a lw sock with a liner and that does the trick too. I use a thicker, black SOF Sole insole to take up volume and use a medium weight hiking sock and I am fine. I got blisters when I first wore these boots. No heel blisters if wore right combo of socks. Otherwise I LOVED this boot, but my toes hurt. If you make the laces too tight in place, ankles irritated. Couldn't tighten the laces on the bottom enough. I love these boots most of the time, but on descents even if I played with how my insole controlled foot pronation, my big toes jammed the front. I have trouble finding boots that don't have eyelets that press the nerves on top of my feet wrong, or ones that actually holds my heel with a GOOD insole (nice arch/ deep heelcup). Sadly I have learned that this exact boot is no longer being made, so they are getting difficult to find. My only complaint is that my feet sometimes got a little hot and steamy, but that is to be expected with 130 deg temperatures.Īfter returning from my trip, I am buying my second pair. They held up great and provided good support. I wore them daily for almost 3 years walking on sand and sharp rocks. Being in a hot environment Gortex is not really preferred but I needed a durable, heavy duty boot that could stand up to the rigors of a lot of mileage and packs up to 50 lbs. These boots fit perfectly right out of the box, so I got them even though I had never heard of the brand and despite them having a Gortex liner. Like one of the previous reviewers, I have a very difficult time finding boots to fit (wide toes and narrow heel). I would have rather had a pair of non-Gortex all leather boots for the hot environment, but those are extremely rare to find anymore. First off, I spent the last two years living in this boot in the Middle East and Central Asia walking an average of 6-10 miles per day.
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