Message from @IvansFieryGrads
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Heavy shit
Boots is something where the threshold for money put in to quality out rises rapidly to a point then it's all the same
That point is somewhere around the $200 mark it seems
Can I just go to Dick's and get the 120$ tactical ones ?
Almost all the boots below that that I've used have been garbage
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Hiking brand boots are almost always better than "tactical" brand shit
Anything Lowa is good to go
There is no way you did 2 days in steelies unless you fucking sat static the whole time
Salo has some pretty good kid range shit
@Smart Car Driveby you can get low zephyr mid gtxs for like 160-170
Honestly pretty solid
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Yeah, I hate goretex boots for good reason but those are patrician choice for normie boots
o u don’t like goretex boots?
They have their place
what are your gripes?
But I wouldn't want to use them if I can avoid it
I’m always being told to go for goretex boots
Your feet will get wet this is a garuntee
Goretex does not save you
well yeah
After that goretex just impedes water evaporation and traps heat more
but goretex also focuses on drying faster
Especially ehen it's hot as fuck out
No
isn’t it made specifically to let moisture out??
A dedicated jungle or desert boot always cools and dries faster
No goretex is just a semi permeable membrane
i see
Goretex is just teflon stretched really fast and it has holes in it the holes are smaller than water droplets can get through but much bigger than water vapor
It doesn't wick water or anything
Like desert boots
Because wicking stuff works both ways
Socks make the difference when it comes to rain and shit in terms of blisters
so they’re “don’t focus on not getting wet, focus on getting dry faster” thing is bullshit 😔
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If you spend any amount of time in the rain your feet will be wet regardless of boot material so the boots have to fit well, and support well. Ideally dry fast so when it stops raining and being shit your feet go back to being fine
are waterproof socks viable?