Boots Again

How long did it take White's to rebuild your boots, and how much did they charge you?

I like Lacrosse Burly or Grange for fall & spring, and Lacrosse Burly 800g Thinsulate for winter.

I had my Danner Rain Forest boots rebuilt a couple years ago. It cost a couple hundred dollars and took a couple weeks. About half the price of a new pair.

I’m not doing the kind of work that requires such boots anymore, so they will last forever. They had about 2 years heavy use before the rebuild. Probably a simple resoling would have been sufficient, but I took the whole plunge.

It took about 2 months, cost mid $300. They are basically new boots with some of the items from the original build like eyes and hooks still on the boot. It doesn't quite look like a new boot but I'm never going to need a re-build again. Those original boots lasted close to twenty years, some of that time I was in the field at least 1/2 the time, more recently closer to 1/5th my time is in the field. I do need a between GTX boot, mine is about shot. It's an Oboz but I would like something more substantial. When I first read bout the Crispi boots I got the impression that they are USA boots, they actually are Italian boots. My problem with European boots are sizes. I struggle fitting comfortably into them.

I have been wearing Zamberlan boots for the past 15 years. Specifically the <b i996 VIOZ GTX® Men's Hiking & Backpacking Boots. These boot have been unbelievable in durability, support and comfort. They are an awsome all season boot. I adjust the socks for the season. I get push back on the price, but I'm not buying $80 boots every 6 month from a Shoe Warehouse type store.

I have two pairs of Crispi boots, Nevada and Hunter, and I love them, but I no longer work in the field on a daily basis, or at all. I know these will outlast me, but I can't attest to how well they would hold up as daily users.

I had a pair of Whites I saved up for took me a couple years and had from 1998-jan 2000 I loves those boots. In Jan 2000 I joined the USMC. Somehow between moving from colorado to TN and then Florida and VA They disappeared. Lost them. Had some danner also but I believe the whites were the most comfortable. I wish I could get a new pair but I don’t believe here on east coast I could find a place to size me up and such. I d probably would have to fly out west just to get a pair. I currently wear Red Wings everyday on farm and surveying. But whites are top notch. Danners were great. I could do a pair of those as well but again no place to try on around here that I have found.

I am on my third year of wearing a pair of Crispi Nevada boots, Prior to this pair, I had a pair of Crispi Summits for 2 years. I have been extremely happy with the comfort, durability, and support from Crispi boots. I will never go back to logger style boots as the Crispi backpack style boots are much lighter and more comfortable.

I treat the Crispi boots a few times a year with Kennetrek boot waterproofing. I have had the same tub for 6 years and am only halfway through. Their boot dressing is gore-tex safe.

I've heard great things about Schnees if you still want a made in USA. I wear Meindl Vakuum Hunters in the mountains and Salomon X Ultras elsewhere. The former are the most comfortable heavy duty boot I've owned, the latter the lightest. I'm considering going with lighter boots in general and running gaiters sprayed down with tick killer.

Thanks for all the replies, lots of good info here!!!!

My Danners I had to retire after only two seasons. They just started coming apart and the water proofing failed after the first season. I've since gone on to the Scarpa Kinesis Pro hiking boots and those things are bomb proof. Probably the best boots I've ever owned. Third season wearing them and they're just wasn't much to breaking them in. Very comfortable and ridiculously well built. Treat them with water proofing a couple times a summer and I expect I'll get ten years out of them, which given the price of boots, they cost more upfront but last way longer.