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Wow, what I wouldn't have given for a pair of those when I was wearing my Danner Smokejumper's to work in a rain forest everyday.
I couldn't afford a proper boot drying tree. That meant everynight was a race to stuff them with newspaper and get them in front of the fire -- then doing a halfbaked job of treating with Mink Oil at 0-dark-thirty on the ride out the woods the next morning. Weekends were a catchup marathon Sno-Seal treatments at the hearth.
I still have issues keeping them dry, but it's no fault of the boots. My feet sweat pretty badly, and my boots usually get wet from the inside out. I either have to put them over the heating vent to dry (my house has forced air heating), or have two pairs of boots. One for drying, and another for wearing.
Cognosce teipsum et disce pati
"People come and go in our lives, especially the online ones. Some leave a fond memory, and some a bad taste." -Aesop
I doubt they will last as long as some of the better boots mentioned, but I couldn't find anything locally and I needed them ASAP. The search for a more permanent solution continues.
That said, these things are extremely light and comfortable right out of the box. And they have excellent ankle support. I put some mink oil on them and they seem relatively water resistant. I'm not worried about winter performance as I have a nice pair of 1200 gram Wolverines.
