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Battle of the Boots

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 00:04:42 No.881788 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>881800 >>881830 >>881962 >>882062 >>882102 >>882135 >>882177 >>882594 >>882832

1. Your brand and model of gore-tex boots?
2. For how long can you walk through wet grass or undergrowth before they're completely soaked?

North Meme Havoc GTX
15 minutes, 30 if sprayed just before.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 00:09:15 No.881797 Report

Quoted By: >>882519

Your boots are shit then.
My Asolo FSN95's would handle a full shift at work in the rain. My feet never got wet.
I miss those fucking boots.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 00:14:18 No.881800 Report

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>>881788
I got these on sale, theyre shit

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 01:03:17 No.881830 Report

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>>881788
Hanwag Alaska GTX: indefinitely, at least I've yet to have them soak through even in a sustained downpour.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 01:19:32 No.881841 Report

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Asolo 535s, no GoreTex and my feet stay dry pretty much forever. Do you even beeswax m8?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 01:51:41 No.881862 Report

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I bought some One Planets for $200 because I needed them the next day but I'm looking for something a bit more waterproof. I have a wide foot, what do you suggest? I just started my season

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 04:26:51 No.881962 Report

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>>881788
I work at North Face. All of the boots are absolute trash. Never buy from a meme outdoors company like North Face. The only decent thing about the company is its warranty.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 04:41:43 No.881969 Report

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Salomon x alp gtx. If its not raining probably indefinitly. If Im not wearing gaitors in the rain maybe 3 hours, but thats water running down my legs. Comfy af, tho

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 09:47:02 No.882062 Report

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>>881788
The gore tex membrane shouldn't let any water through unless it's damaged somehow. The outer material will of course get wet sooner or later.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 09:48:08 No.882063 Report

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1. Meindl Army Pro
2. Just about forever

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 12:53:53 No.882102 Report

Quoted By: >>882104

>>881788

1. Alt-Berg Defenders
2. Just about forever m8

I swear by A-B and Lowa boots. Great for good ol piss poor britbong climate

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 12:56:08 No.882104 Report

Quoted By: >>882148

>>882102

Shit, missed the 'goretex' bit. My bad. I usually steer clear of goretex boots. Either way, there's my piece my dude

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 13:58:36 No.882128 Report

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For those with non-leaky boots: How many miles/km do you think you've approximately put them through?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 14:17:40 No.882135 Report

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>>881788

La Sportiva trango

Hours and hours in the snow high up in mountains and 0 soaking problems. They dont even get wet inside.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 15:10:32 No.882148 Report

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>>882104
Why no gore?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 15:58:29 No.882163 Report

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Timberland pro boondock, water never gets through even walking around in streams and shit.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 16:27:47 No.882177 Report

Quoted By: >>882520

>>881788
>gore-tex
>>881788
>soaked

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 17:27:59 No.882198 Report

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Scarpa Terra:

Never got wet, even in terrible rain.

Goretex shouldn't let any water in, if it does, then it needs replacing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 24 Oct 2016 17:30:22 No.882199 Report

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>>882198
plus some brands cheat: the use small goretex membrans who cover only the lower part of the shoe.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 03:37:35 No.882519 Report

Quoted By: >>882521 >>882577 >>882755

>>881797
Speaking of Asolos, I've had a pair for maybe 10 yrs but reserve for specific use and so have only worn maybe a dozen times. Last week I wore them on a hunt and the sole on one boot completely separated from the shoe. The other boot us showing sign of starting to separate. I want to rescue them, anybody have a suggestion for glue and process before I go to YouTube?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 03:42:22 No.882520 Report

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>>882177
have you ever been outside before?
or do you mostly just stick to suburban streets and boardwalk paths in parks?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 03:46:07 No.882521 Report

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>>882519
I used Shoe Goo to re-attach the front of a sole that was working its way off a boot. It's holding up so far, but they're just casual boots, not really used hard.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 04:57:19 No.882542 Report

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Danner Mountain 600 have never failed me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 05:53:00 No.882577 Report

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>>882519
Take them to a shoe repairer. It won't be expensive to get glued and they'll have specialty glues designed to bond that material and not separate when flexed. Make sure they peel back everything and reglue all the weak bonds.

If you want, you can get some shoe goo afterwards and seal up the edges to stop water getting in and weakening the bond, but I wouldn't trust it as an actual glue for something like this.

Glueing it yourself just means they have to unfuck the mess made later, trust me.

>T. Shoe repairer

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 07:04:37 No.882594 Report

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>>881788
Danner master race coming through. My 453s have never leaked

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 16:54:23 No.882741 Report

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>>881962
What is it like working there, and how long have you been? TNF used to be a really legit brand (like, 20 years ago). Now it just seems like casual wear is their focus. All of the mountain guides I've met wear Patagonia, Rab.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 17:21:24 No.882755 Report

Quoted By: >>883028

>>882519
Good old polyurethane hydrolysis (which seems to especially happen when you DON'T wear them), not much that can be done here desu

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/03/some-sneakers-age-terribly/

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 20:21:47 No.882832 Report

Quoted By: >>882861 >>882884 >>882897

>>881788
UNITED STATES ARMY JUNGLE BOOT
they get wet in about six steps, which is fine for me but might be a problem if youre a little bitch.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 20:59:35 No.882861 Report

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>>882832
How many confirmed kills do you have while wearing those bad boys Captain badass?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 21:46:28 No.882884 Report

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>>882832
>wearing boots like a little bitch
>not making your own shoes out of 80 grit sandpaper and broken glass

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 22:03:11 No.882897 Report

Quoted By: >>882898

>>882832
I never really understood the appeal of those (and I'm wearing army boots too, but full leather ones)
Moisture can already enter at what looks like 5cm above ground (pic related), while the areas you're likely to sweat most in (toes and heels) are covered, makes no apparent sense to me especially in tropical, high humidity, tall wet grass areas

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Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 22:04:14 No.882898 Report

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>>882897
..pic

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 25 Oct 2016 22:15:56 No.882903 Report

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>>882898
Those holes are there so that water can get out of the boot easily because in a jungle it will get inside no matter how waterproof your boots are.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 02:06:14 No.883028 Report

Quoted By: >>883269

>>882755
When you're right, you're right. Took them to highest rated boot repair locally, he said what you said. Also, to look for a welded rather than glued sole for my replacement.

And they died with somuch tread left...

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 26 Oct 2016 13:17:44 No.883269 Report

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>>883028
My favorite boots ever were full leather asolos , exact same thing happened.

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