(Unboxing) Top 5 affordable hiking boots

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro/ what is this series
4:55 Adidas
7:28 Under Armor
9:14 Altra
11:39 The North Face
13:50 Hoka
15:40 The Boot Rankings

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[Rippy]

I would love to see a series on warm weather, non-waterproof, breathable hiking boots please🦋👣

[thebootleggers]

Would love to see a series on motorcycle boots

[Micloren]

As someone who’s thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail I can tell you that virtually nobody that completed the 2200 mile hike wore these over engineered shoes.

Waterproof: Terrible because when they eventually get wet from sweat or a week of rain they take forever to dry out. Perfect if your goal is trench foot.

Ankle Support: Great for blowing out your knee as force is redirected from the highly flexible ankle & foot to the knee.

Rigid Highly Stacked Soles: Restricts natural foot biomechanics leading to horrible ball of foot pain when doing day after day of 20+ miles.

Traditional Toe Box: Again restricts proper biomechanics leading to various problems like bunions, etc.

These problems aren’t all that noticeable if you go day hiking once a week, but when you start doing 25 miles/day in heat, rain, rock scrambles, waterlogged trails, loose rock… you quickly learn that you want something highly flexible, wide toe box, light, & drys quickly.

[cynical]

Would love to see the Salomon Quest 4 GTX be covered as well. Owned several of them over the last decade and whilst they were amongst the best of the best when first released it'd be interesting to see how they still rate.

[liamjohnson]

Merrell Moab composite toe, are the best boots on the market. I just retired a pair I had for over four years of hard everyday use. (Including a high speed motorcycle crash.) I weigh over 270lbs and need a EE width. I am known for splitting the outside toe-edge of boots, but these held up better than anything I've ever worn. I am on my second pair now and will continue to buy them until I find the quality to be reduced.

[colinchandler]

Salomon X Ultra 4 goes into this category and I think they’re the best out there

[GentlyThicc]

Man I am super excited to see this COMFORT HIKER series! And can't wait to see the series coming up.

[yizzymx]

Honestly the Terrex line has some very nice products

[TheWilderness]

Awesome video and series, love it! I'd suggest expanding your test base a little bit to include the kind of boots that would be featured if you went into an REI or similar outdoor store. The really common ones are Merrell, Salomon, Asolo, Lowa, Keen (which you've featured a lot) and Zamberlan. Most of these can be purchased for as much or less than the HOKAs.

[reinistraidas]

Please look at toe box widths and heel drops. I’m fighting through plantar fascitis and the only thing that has helped is wide toe box shoes and zero drop. So I’m interested in avoiding too narrow toe boxes.

[dhcguru]

I have a pair of Zamberlan’s. Amazing boots. Italian made and even though they are are $350, they will last me a lot longer than any of these boots you have shown.
No surprise on the Hoka’s. There running/walking shoes are the best for comfort in any shoe I’ve ever worn.

[ScottLittleMountainMan]

I would like to see you do a show on Frank's Patriot Boots and Drew's Logger Boots. Both lower cost and high quality. Do It!

[judgywudgy]

Checkout the Lowa Renegade Mid. Leather upper, comes with and w/o goretex, roomy toebox, padded ankle support, good grip, not too heavy. They're not resolable, but I have a couple thousand miles in one pair and I'm breaking in the next for when I eventually wear out the rubber sole. The next tier up, the Camino, is resolable and will cost about $150 to resole.

[JustRobHere]

@RoseAnvil2 What does these modern hiking boots offer compare more "old fashion" hikers. Say a Jim Green Razorbacks or other leather construction? They are lighter, yes. Durability, I'm guessing the leather ones will stand up to more. Ankle support of the newer ones seem to be less sturdy, maybe I'm wrong. Using the Razorbacks, they may have less cushion, but after break in they are comfortable. Lug / traction / soles? I'm just not sure how the newer ones are better?

[edgarjauregui]

I love my Terrex free hikers from casual wear, rainy/muddy days on my way to the gym, and obviously amateur hiking I do. Very comfortable and breathable with very good grip on pretty much any surface.

[firemarshaldil]

i feel like you guys failed to do the research on what hiking shoes the majority of people are looking at. hoka and altra are definitely common on hikers, but altras are really falling out of favor because they only last a few hundred miles before falling apart. a really big brand in the hiking world rn is topo athletic, kind of taking over since altras keep falling apart. love the videos keep it up.

[Highland_Paddy]

I've likely mentioned before that I mostly gave up on this style of hiking boot already a long time ago because I could find "combat" boots for the same price or less, but now those style of military boots are already being phased out or something, too? Well, suffice to say that anything that is more like a sneaker than a traditional boot will likely not last as long, especially the outsole, BUT I was able to resole some of the combat boots but the Nevados hikers would pretty much disintegrate and I can't recall what other brands now besides that one I had three models or something and usually it was always the outsole that would wear too thin too quickly for the rest.

[superten]

I bought a pair of Hoka last week and straight out the box I walked up East kip in the Lomond Hills in Scotland. Guess what I love them, they will be my go-to boots for any 3 season walking/ hill walking here.

[BwBumbar]

I’ve had all of these brands and Hoka stuff is incredible, terrex is a real underdog (as much as a line from a company that big can be) but the North Face vectiv boots have consistently surprised and impressed me! If you can get a pair that fits I think they’re worth another look. Love the videos!

[Chestermcfly]

That’s pretty much all I wear is the Adidas free hikers Gore-Tex and this summer I ended up getting the ultra boost light Gore-Tex shoe just to switch it up and instead of always getting those boots