Having read so many glowing reviews for Danner boots for so long, I concluded that they must be the best US-made boots money can buy and determined to try a few. Having done so, I feel I can safely conclude that my assessment was correct, but that is as far as it goes, as I can also safely conclude now that those who are enamored of Danner boots are the type who insist on buying US-made products in general. Danner boots may well be the most durable US-made boots available (it is difficult to justify the huge price tags any other way), but they are also probably the most uncomfortable -- certainly they are the most uncomfortable I have ever worn. The Explorers had no support at all and felt as though I were walking around in a pair of leather-soled dress shoes, causing my feet to hurt after only a few miles of walking, as you would expect of a dress shoe. The Super Rain Forest (much like the Canadian 600 Gram Hunting Boot) had no padding for the collar and became the very first boot I have ever worn (over the course of some 25 years wearing boots) to cut my lower leg after only a few miles of walking. The Mountain Lights were so uncomfortable that I never even bothered to try to walk around outside in them.The uber-patriots who patronize Danner will no doubt say that any truly durable boot needs to be broken in, but for the prices Danner charges, I would say that it is not asking much for them to be comfortable right out of the box -- a claim often made concerning Danner boots, which I found to be false. More to the point, I suspect that the discomfort of Danner boots is a very big part of their appeal to right-wingers, as they no doubt consider it a badge of honor to suffer in the name of buying American-made, in general. Which is not to say that buying American-made is any way harmful (for a US Citizen), but for the ordinary consumer, there have to be limits to how far you will go to patronize your country in terms of the merchandise you buy. This review, by the way, is not intended to bad-mouth right-wingers, but to provide a rare objective take on Danner products, so that other consumers can be spared what I went through over the course of several months of trying out different styles & sizes of Danner boots; I just couldn't bring myself to accept the vast discrepancy between my personal experience with Danner boots and the endless glowing reviews.For the record -- and for anyone not hung up on buying American-made -- I can personally highly recommend the Italian boot manufacturers (i.e., Zamberlan & Scarpa). They seem to really have it down to a science and manage to make boots that are not only highly durable and functional, but also extremely comfortable and even very stylish on occasion. Both Scarpa & Zamberlan specialize in mountaineering boots (as is to be expected of an Italian outdoor boot manufacturer), which means you wouldn't look to them for a decent work or hunting boot (Danner's specialty). It also means they are a better bet for a solid hiking boot, with Zamberlan having been at it for slightly longer than Danner (the oldest US outdoor boot manufacturer, so far as I know).
(SUE) - G-BaBy & Returned this item. Made very well, but for user, it did not work. Inside the padding for the arch was too high, so it was not comfortable. But this is just one review compared to all the others that were very positive, so would advise to try this shoe.
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