>>2533709The advantages of EVA:
>Extremely lightweight (rubber/wellingtons) weighing in at like 2 to 3 lbs.>Good amount of cushion (croc material)>works extremely well with a liner>cheapDisadvantages (everything has tradeoffs):
>do not leave out in sun or fire. Same with crocs, the material can shrink. I've seen crocs last a decade, but they aren't buy it for life or anything like that. I've never had them shrink because I wore them out in the sun.>A large thorn or nail could technically pierce the material. I've never had it happen. I have lots of thorns where I live but they aren't super long (blackberry) and the spongey material tends to just flex and not pierce the material. Not sure how well they would handle cactus, or osage orange (crabapple), or loose nails though. Nordman/Torvi have some models with rubber plates underneath to assist with abrasion.>StegerIs also a good boot made in USA for not that much (pic rel from previous post), but they work better for dry snow unless you do a good job waterproofing.
>kamikI used to use these. Canadian made boots and cost not much at all the kamik hunters were like $60 last I checked and used the same principle with a boot liner. I got about 3-4 years out of them before somewhere in the plastic rubber cracked. They shell material would get cold though and they weighed about twice as much as my EVA boots. Still a good boot and you can find them at dicks. Their boot liners are a weird material that has insulations layers instead of just a wool felt or fleece.
>sorry for derailingjust think that a lot of the poor decisions with warm feet have to do with shitty boot choices and fitting fatass wool socks into a tiny shoe. Most the all in one designs suck (leather with thinsulate) unless it meets your perfect weather pattern or you need the highest in durability, and a lot of winter boots in general aren't made for a wide foot or layering many socks in. By the time you size up 2 whole sizes they dont lace tight
