Boots Boots Boots... 62 boot threads in one

[Ruledbyjames]

I've a pair of 790s. Get them! They're a fantastic boot all round, great in rough terrain and comfortable for walking round town in. Ankle support is good as is the sole of the boot. Well worth the investment!

Try ebay cause I got mine for dirt cheap there!

[dave81]

Do what I do: Find someone on eBay selling the same brand and model of boots in the approximate size you want. Ask them to measure the length and width of the removeable insole, and compare it to your own feets, then you'll know what size to get. I buy shoes online this way and have so far haven't had any problems with fit when they arrive in the mail.

PS: In the US Army we normally wear one pair of socks with the boots. Of course, if you get something like Thor-Lo socks, they're as thick as two pair.

[Sabre]

I've only ever bought boots online after trying them on in store (they're cheaper online, and I'm skint!). There's no way I'd buy boots that I haven't tried on. Feet vary greatly in length and width, as do boots. Just because you are a 10 in one manufacturer's boot doesn't mean that all 10's will fit you. You may find that the boot is the wrong shape (ie too narrow). If you are going to be tabbing distances in these boots, try a pair on first, if you can't then don't buy them.

There are great boot makers in Europe (especially Sweden!), I would suggest you try some of their boots on. Lowa, Meindl, Hanwag, Lundhags are all great makes. Also, consider if you really need gore-tex in your boots. It's something of a double-edged sword.

[Jaeger]

I usually don´t buy boots online for just the reasons you guys mentioned, but in this case I stand with no choice as there are no retailers around for the 790. I´m somewhat of a bootfetisch and I simply want them, end of story .

Dave81> Thanks alot, I will use the advice on measuring the insole!

Sabre> Don´t worry. I use different boots on duty, both GT´s and leather. Desert boots don´t work very in rain, mud and snow anyways. Thanks for the tip though!

[XxDrAg0nxX]

Today I somehow decided to 'sun' my Bates M9 boots.

So I dug out my Altama Tatical Boots from the cabinet.

I left for work.

GOD DAMIT..

Its now disintegrating right before my eyes!

And Hell my shop floor has like footprints of black melted rubber!

I flipped the boots over, the soles are cracked...

I didnt expect its lifespan could be so short...

I am now walking around in slippers

Will post pics later when I can...

[XxDrAg0nxX]

Here they are...

I am losing my confidence in Altamas...

Anyone experienced such a thing before?

[ShakesFIST]

Where do you work?

Maybe you stepped in something...

[Rakki]

I read somewhere that modern footwear are designed to bio-degrade if they haven't been in use for say, a year or so.

[XxDrAg0nxX]

Where do you work?

Maybe you stepped in something...

I have a cybercafe / computer shop.. I doubt its something i stepped on..

It seems to be 'dried' out due to old age?

But this is Singapore... stuff here rust just being left out in the open

[XxDrAg0nxX]

I read somewhere that modern footwear are designed to bio-degrade if they haven't been in use for say, a year or so.

What the? If thats true, then spending a lot on boots (something which i thought would last me years) seems to be getting pointless

However every other part seems ok though, I doubt the coudura parts would degrade

[quinsen]

If you buy a new pair of boots, buy LOWA oder Meindl.

[XxDrAg0nxX]

If you buy a new pair of boots, buy LOWA oder Meindl.

Any link for that? A search gave me jibberish i didnt understand

I was actually aiming for that blackhawk boots, I tried the patrol one, not bad, VERY comfortable. Just not too sure about the other waterproof one.

[bersaglieri]

I read somewhere that modern footwear are designed to bio-degrade if they haven't been in use for say, a year or so.

I'm just trying to imagine the unit cost of a pair of boots with the inbuilt computer power to decide that they have'nt been used for 12 months and to then switch off the molecular bonds in the materials

...or in other words - how on earth could a pair of boots differentiate between not in use and in use? They would ALL start to biodegrade after 12 months , no matter the level of useage.

[astro]

That's some pretty radical meltdown!
It looks very much like a chemical response on the rubber; you cleaned your work floors with a different kind of cleaner recently? Maybe there was even a puddle outside you've walked in that was more... toxic.. than you thought?

[XxDrAg0nxX]

That's some pretty radical meltdown!
It looks very much like a chemical response on the rubber; you cleaned your work floors with a different kind of cleaner recently? Maybe there was even a puddle outside you've walked in that was more... toxic.. than you thought?

Not really, come to think of it, I have kept the boot in storage for like 1 year??
The cracks seems to resemble that of dried rubber.
I can actually PEEL off bits and pieces of it now...