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Nice boot, terrible new pinch-lock boot hook design.
I find the boots comfortable and functional, not as cool or well-ventilated as the primary competition -- the Merrill Moab. Mine are several years old and I haven't had any sign of the sole adhesive failure mentioned in some recent reviews.Biggest gripe: The very back of the ankle collar wears out and then rubs painfully. Both my boots wore out in the very back of the top collar, next to the pull-loop. Boots have never been stored pressed flat or worn without socks. With the soles slightly worn these boots don't have all that many miles or hours on 'em, but are now nearly unwearable due to the worn out ankle area.Second complaint: KEEN decided to go against 100+ years of experience in designing bootlace hooks, and made the top set of hooks to pinch lock the laces in place. That may work fine on the factory test bench, but when walking the rest of the laces tend to shift and either tighten or loosen, making the tension behind the bootlace knot fail -- resulting in untied boots. So I have to double-knot the laces to keep the boots tied. I've considered taking a small file or drill bit and removing the pinch lock in the top set of nylon boot hooks, but haven't done it yet. This is why every other boot made in the past century or so has boot hooks that allow laces to slide through.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2015
Biggest gripe: The very back of the ankle collar wears out and then rubs painfully. Both my boots wore out in the very back of the top collar, next to the pull-loop. Boots have never been stored pressed flat or worn without socks. With the soles slightly worn these boots don't have all that many miles or hours on 'em, but are now nearly unwearable due to the worn out ankle area.
Second complaint: KEEN decided to go against 100+ years of experience in designing bootlace hooks, and made the top set of hooks to pinch lock the laces in place. That may work fine on the factory test bench, but when walking the rest of the laces tend to shift and either tighten or loosen, making the tension behind the bootlace knot fail -- resulting in untied boots. So I have to double-knot the laces to keep the boots tied. I've considered taking a small file or drill bit and removing the pinch lock in the top set of nylon boot hooks, but haven't done it yet. This is why every other boot made in the past century or so has boot hooks that allow laces to slide through.
Nice boot, terrible new pinch-lock boot hook design.
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2015
I find the boots comfortable and functional, not as cool or well-ventilated as the primary competition -- the Merrill Moab. Mine are several years old and I haven't had any sign of the sole adhesive failure mentioned in some recent reviews.Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2015
Biggest gripe: The very back of the ankle collar wears out and then rubs painfully. Both my boots wore out in the very back of the top collar, next to the pull-loop. Boots have never been stored pressed flat or worn without socks. With the soles slightly worn these boots don't have all that many miles or hours on 'em, but are now nearly unwearable due to the worn out ankle area.
Second complaint: KEEN decided to go against 100+ years of experience in designing bootlace hooks, and made the top set of hooks to pinch lock the laces in place. That may work fine on the factory test bench, but when walking the rest of the laces tend to shift and either tighten or loosen, making the tension behind the bootlace knot fail -- resulting in untied boots. So I have to double-knot the laces to keep the boots tied. I've considered taking a small file or drill bit and removing the pinch lock in the top set of nylon boot hooks, but haven't done it yet. This is why every other boot made in the past century or so has boot hooks that allow laces to slide through.
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