>>1081377I will try to answer more generally without going into specific brands
First of all is the question of how much support you want in your boots. This depends on two tings: How rough terrain will you be walking in and how much weight will you be carrying. Since you wan't to do casual hiking theres no need to get the stiffest boot on the market.
I think a boot like the one you posted with medium ancle height would be a good choice but I can't say anything about it's stiffness.
Second important thing is materials. Full leather boots are generally a bit stiffer, more expensive but also more sturdy/lasting. Synthetic boots (like in your pic) are usually lighter.
Finally there's water-proofing. If you only expenct very little to no rain then it's best to have no membrane at all to maximise breathability. If you live in a place where it rains a lot a membrane is a must - at least in a synthetic boot. Full leather boots offer some degree of water-proofness even without a membrane depending on how heavily you wax them, but you can also get ones with a goretex membrane in them as well.
In my experince the scale goes from Synthetic with no membrane being the most breathable but least waterproof, then leather with no membrane, then synthetic with membrane and finally leather with membrane being the most hard-wearing and water proof but the least breathable.
I've run a full leather boot with medium height and no membrane for the last 5 years (Meindl Borneo MFS). I have liked them a lot, but have been on a few hikes where I would have liked a membrane (Hiked a month in Scotland last summer. Needless to say we got a shitload of rain).
