La Sportiva  TX Hike Mid Leather GTX Hiking Boots - Men's

My new favorite boot ever! I went from pulling them out of the box to 100's of miles on trails in weeks - super comfortable & truly waterproof. I've never worn anything but women's shoes/boots (I am a woman) but tried on both Men & Women boots and walked around the store, alot! I made the right decision in buying the Men's version - Room for swelling feet in hot weather. I'll buy a backup pair soon. The missing star is for the truly poor insoles! I think my Keds have more padding than these did. I resented having to purchase $70 insoles for $220 boots. Please improve.

Super light, very supportive, look great, loved the traction, crazy comfortable right out of the box on a 3 day mountain traverse. If I didn’t need a hiking boot to keep my feet dry in the rainforest, I’d have been thrilled! But I do, so I wasn’t. Hence the mixed review. Unfortunately don’t let the “goretex” label fool you. I even pre-treated twice with some Nik-wax! One day of hiking in a fairly decent rain and fog - not even tramping through streams or out in a downpour - and my feet were sloshing around in a boot full of water, feet wet as the muskeg around me. So if you’re going to stay dry anyway, rock solid lightweight backpacking boot. If you NEED to stay dry, though, sadly look elsewhere.

Bought these for backpacking. Footwear review is personal, so this is MY experience with these boots. I do have a history of wearing lighter hiking boots for backpacking which suits me fine. So may not be for peeps who prefer beefier boots for backpacking. Hiked with 25ish lb pack in high Sierra. I feel confident these would hold with heavier pack for me on longer trips. PROS: feels feather light, decent support, feet did not overheat, good waterproofing (streams and snow), good traction on rocks (wet and dry), Stable. CONS: more protection along lower side would be nice (but I guess that's weight penalty)

I spend a lot of my time off trail, foot falling into underground streams and things like that. These Boots are perhaps the best I have ever owned. Very light, and incredible support without feeling stiff at all. The tread is not aggressive in appearance, but I have never slipped and this is in the context of crawling over wet deadfalls in the rainforest out here. The one improvement I would hope for is the speed lacing requires 30 seconds of effort to get tight. That is obviously not a huge issue.

Since I'm the first review, I want to thank LaSportiva for giving us these boots. They shine best when the terrain gets rugged and feel impossible to pass. I've already recommended them to a few people. These are great boots! Off trail, wet rocks , mud isn’t a problem and these boots never fail! I highly recommend them. They’re really hard to size so try on multiple sizes before sticking with one.

Both of us had to return them. I first put this boot on and was so excited. I even confined my partner to get the women’s version for our summer trip of hiking 7 days in Europe. Initial impression was: Comfortable and super tacky sole. In the store and parking lot, such a comfortable shoe. And that’s wheeler the fairy tale ends. like clockwork, after 5-6 miles, feet are dying. Thought it was a breaking in period so we took them to hike 75 miles in Europe. Awful experience, both of us. When I got home, I was in the position to suck it up and get new pairs of shoes or try to return them and get one ones after. Forturnatelt, REI has a satisfaction guarantee because I needed to cash that check.

A decent, light weight boot that has survived a couple hundred trail miles—most of which multi-day backpacking trips—without looking too worn out. Still has good tread left. However, these are at best splash resistant. A quick single step in a stream? They will probably will keep your feet dry. Resting them on a late-spring snowbank as you eat a quick lunch with snow nowhere near the tongue? Your feet will be swimming. Backpacking through the tundra in Gates of the Arctic? Even wringing out the boots and insoles every day, both they and my feet stayed wet for the entire time.

I went against every shred of advice ever given and bought these boots immediately before a huge hiking trip. And I must say, I was shooketh at how comfortable these bad boys were immediately out of the box. I wore them for a few walks and a short hike with my dog and wore them during the day to attempt to break them in, but no where near the recommended break in mileage for your typical boot. Then I packed them up, and flew 7000 miles to southern chile and walked 50 miles without a single blister. On day 5 the soles of my feet were sore, but that is typical for me on day 5 of any trek with any boot I’ve owned before. Solidly comfortable, water proofing was effective, good grip/traction on a mix of surfaces (snow, wet rock, scree, loose dirt). This is my first boot from la sportiva, but it won’t be my last.

I don't love the lacing system. It's difficult to get the heel secure without the laces being too tight across the instep. That said, they are waterproof, full traction, the downhill braking system or whatever they call it actually does what it purports to. They feel light and energetic and they took very little break in.

Comfortable out of the box, tough, and light. These are fantastic for hiking in the mountains.