>>490166Left is the real pair that has a couple years of constant wear. I wear em for everything, work, everyday shoewear, and my outwear. I go out to Yosemite to do my big hiking trips, I live in San Francisco so maybe the humidity affects how quickly the shoes leather cracks. I wash these boots alot too and I havent used any leather treatment or polish yet. So in my experience they are very durable. You can see the chinese fake is in bad shape after a few months of use (right)