>>2675684You like your boots, great enjoy them. You can hike in them yes, but that doesn't mean another boot that's actually designed for hiking wouldn't have done it better and more comfortably.
Also I hope you have a 2nd pair that you cycle between, 1 day on and 1 day off. Leather footwear needs time to dry and let absorbed moisture/sweat evaporate out or else it eventually rots. You might think it's a meme but there's enough posts online where some guy thought his redwings would last forever so he wears them everyday and after a year or two, the leather insole disintegrates and the boots blow out and even the red wing factory can't fix them anymore.
Plus there's better hardcore last-forever leather work boots (i.e. PNW boots like Nick's) and others that are more value for the same $$ than red wings. There's a youtube channel called Rose Anvil or something where he cuts open a bunch of boots and evaluates the materials and construction
