I've been wearing logger style boots all my life, these waterproof liners everyone is putting in, claim they 'breathe', well, in my opinion they're just as good at keeping sweat in, as puddle water out! Which means every four hours I'm changing my soaking wet socks and I work on DRY land ! Second, if you're like me, the minute your socks get damp/wet, cold feet are just minutes away!! And regardless of what the manufacture claims is the x number of grams of Thinsulate the toe-box is always woefully inadequate, they stuff the shaft of the boot thick and leave the toe-box the same. I've never had cold ankles but my wet sock clad toes get and have gotten mighty cold! I was determined not to suffer these woes again THIS winter! Enter these Tactical Research boots; these are HANDS DOWN the best pair of boots I've ever owned!! The ONLY pair I have EVER had where the water proof liner does actually allow my sweat to escape, and keep puddle water out! In my world this is HUGE! but wait there's more ;) ! They claim 400g of insulation, well all I can say is my feet have NEVER gotten cold in them and just the other day I wore them ALL DAY (one sock change) and the temp never got above 17!! The only pair of boots I have that are warmer are pac boots with 9mm wool felt liners and 9mm wool felt insoles. And if all this isn't just amazingly wonderful the laces and lacing system make lacing them comfortable a snap right out of the box, no break in period waiting for everything to get situated the way you like. Still not sold? .....they're about as heavy as a pair of slippers! SO easy to get around in all day. The only negative I have to share is I wear an EE so I ordered the W well, they were medium width at best, but a weeks worth of boot stretchers every night....now they ARE EE :) If you, like me, are tired of heavy booted, cold wet feet everyday, try a pair of these, you won't regret it!
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]