>>266430I bought a pair of Hi-Tec boots (not the ones in your pic though) years ago and they lasted a solid 7 years before the leather dried out and cracked. I loved those boots. I realize now that it was my fault for not washing the salt off them regularly or doing any maintenance whatsoever.
When I bought a second pair, the stitching starting coming out a few months after I got them. I had it fixed, and then a year later even more of the stitching starting coming out. I'm ambivalent about the brand now, but I am very unlikely to replace them with another paid of Hi-Tecs.
tl;dr My experience tells me that their quality has plummeted lately.
