"I had a short love/hate relationship with these boots. I got them
last summer, and they held up about as well as a $6 pair of
sneakers. The good news is that before they came unstitched and
got holes in the liner they worked fabulously. Never got a blister,
and when properly treated were as water proof as a beaver. I
ended up exchanging them for a pair of Raichle Mountain
Trekkers, which had better hold up better, or Raichle has sold me
the last pair of boots I'll ever buy from them. Grade: C- (work
well, don't last)"