Advice please on 2 hiking boots

patjunfa

Hi all

I'm looking for a pair of boots and would appreciate some advice. I had a pair of regatta boots which quickly became un waterproof and the sole started wearing out. I'd like somethig that would last me a few years ideally..I don't think I'm too demanding on boots..the odd bit of hiking, field walking etc..

Can anyone offer any advice on the main difference between these two boots? At £36 cheaper it would draw me to the berghaus if they were similar enough, and they get good reviews. Solomon in general is considered a more high tech boot and well recommended, though I can't find much on this particular boot (which I like the look of more than the berghaus). Living in the country I'm unlikely to find somewhere to try them and will prob need to take my chances ordering online.

Thanks for any advice

Patrick

Berghaus men's explorer light trail hiking boots £70
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Berghaus-Explorer-Trail-80024-G10/dp/B001VH6G68/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=DF9HZ2L72RT3&coliid=IB0VXM1C9C6FR&psc=1




Solomon x ultra mid goretex waterproof trail boots £106
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Salomon-Ultra-GORE-TEX-Waterproof-Walking/dp/B00DVA6KGO/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=DF9HZ2L72RT3&coliid=I3NBOFE2SV5543&psc=1

snipey

Be done with it and buy a pair of Meindl Burma they will last for years and stay water proof.

Mac2010

snipey wrote: »

Be done with it and buy a pair of Meindl Burma they will last for years and stay water proof.

Yeah Investing extra cash on decent Leather boots with Gore Tex lining is great in the long run. If you wear expensive goretex jacket and wear cheap pair of boots then you are done! I find Meindl Nubuck Leather boots great.

Salomon X Ultra Mid GTX seems good but not Leather may be much lighter on the trail?

My 2 cent

Lex Luthor

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Berghaus-Explorer-Ridge-Walking-Boots/dp/B007INU40S/ref=sr_1_4?s=shoes&ie=UTF8&qid=1384074654&sr=1-4&keywords=berghaus+explorer+ridge

these are on my list

fits

Honestly, there are so many different kinds with different supports. Goretex, non goretex, leather.

I have found that I got great advice in great outdoors shop before. I also need to buy new boots and I will be going in there for them.

snipey

mac2010 is absolutely right you have to have them Goretex lined,I was on the out with the dogs today and it rained from start to finish through heather and bog and the goretex paid off,i was dry as a bone, makes walking all the more pleasurable.

TheBody

If all depends on how often you intend to go hiking and the sort of terrain. If you intend to get off the tracks and onto the open mountain, I PERSONALLY would only ever buy fully leather boots. Easier to clean and last for years if you look after them. As a poster mentioned above, Meindl are great. I bought a pair years ago and they look like new. I clean them after each hike and regularly condition them.

OS119

as with all purchaces, you need to know what you want it for...

personally, i would suggest that fabric boots are only really applicable if you walk on very easy terrain, and don't do that much walking or are happy to replace them every two years.

if thats not you, i would suggest a full leather boot - Meindls if they fit you, alt-bergs, lowa's etc.. if they don't. i would however avoid any boot with a gore-tex/whatever liner: firstly because the liner is always, always the first compant to wear out - the movement of your foot with wear through it - secondly because you'll have sweaty, manky feet, and thirdly because the effort you go to to preserve the rest of the boot - waxes, oils, sprays etc.. will seep through the leather/fabric and fill the pores in the liner, thus giving a plastic bag effect, rather than a microporous effect.

leather boot with no lining, with as little stitching around the foot as possible.

Budawanny

the make is less important than the fit after a certain point.

silverharp

from reading around, another thing to watch out for is the weight of the boot, apparently because of magazine reviews some makers have compromised their own designs to look good in reviews but might mean thinner soles or less padding so don't always jump to a lightest in class boot