Truman Boot Evergreen Cheaha Rough Out Upland - First Try On

I'm no "influencer," but maybe you'll be influenced by this first try on video of the Truman Boot Evergreen Cheaha Rough Out Upland, ordered 2022.09.29 and delivered 2022.11.25, Black Friday here in the States. I've only been waiting 8 weeks (the high end of the stated lead time) and a day (which I'll forgive since we had a couple holidays in that stretch), so it's only natural I tried these on the first day they came into my possession!

Back to me not being an influencer. I'm an inventory arborist in Los Angeles, so I'm primarily walking around streets all day, every workday, looking at a large amount of trees. I work through the rain (in fact, it's often when I'm most productive!), and there are often times in less developed or historically developed (think Mulholland Dr hillsides where there are no sidewalks, roads are narrow, and a with a preponderance of blind turns) makes walking on the unimproved parkways, as they're called, safer than in the streets. With that said, these boots appealed to me in the following order of reasons:
1. I really like their looks, especially the colors, and I imagined that they could work as dress boots for the type of dress occasions I'd find myself in;
2. they have all the features I felt I'd need for work and hiking, plus a little more (like the storm welt); and,
3. they would ship sooner and at about $100 cheaper than a similarly styled Nick's Urban Logger (which would have been a very appropriate model considering the work I do) that I was thinking about.

Pros (so far):
- Color is nice
- No stitching flaws that I can find (not sure if the weird bulgeyness of the heel can be considered a flaw if it's just how their last is shaped?)
- They've made it here before the "rain season" (for which I'm happy there's the 270° storm welt)
- They were about $100 cheaper than Nick's custom Urban Logger

Cons (so far):
- The heel cup feels too spacious
- There doesn't seem to be much arch support (I invested this much money to avoid paying for $50 high arch insoles 1-2x per year, so this is kinda bumming me out). Side commentary: I think Truman is doing everyone a real disservice by not specifying the kind of arch support to expect from a given last.
- What will leather options be when I need these rebuilt?
- (Not necessarily a con) Truman is pretty new to the industry, and therefore probably pretty small, which may explain the minimal online presence and lack of phone support

All-in-all, it's not looking too hot for whether I'll be keeping them. The Cons above currently outnumber the Pros, so I think the deciding factor will be how I feel after trying on a Nick's Boots again (which I can do at a local store, unlike Truman Boot). While Nick's doesn't have the nice color leather, I'd still be happy with a customized Urban Logger in black rough out. I'll let you guess what the MTO customisations would be. If you've watched the video and you compare the Evergreen Cheaha Rough Out Upland to Nick's Urban Logger, I'm pretty sure you'd figure them out.

First actually public product review (if you can call a first try on that), so forgive the poor camera work, audio, and no shits given to polishing it (post-production editing?). I just wanted to get a video out there for more of the common folks, like myself, that may be considering these as a relatively large investment and can't just do with mediocre for something they'll be wearing for 8+ hours every workday.

[findingPC]

It'll soon be 2 months of ownership, but in that time they hadn't experienced the typical work usage. COVID going through my family during the month of December limited the days I worked, I walked with them in recently trampled snow (in Big Bear on January 3), and their use in a relatively heavy rain (for Los Angeles) wasn't ideal. Still, I've continued wearing them fairly consistently when I need to be shod outside the home. As they probably have accumulated as much mileage as they would in a typical month of work, I'm planning on providing an update video soon. I'll be starting a new job the week after next (end of January '23), one in which "Supervisor" is part of my title, so I imagine I'll be doing more sitting. I will tentatively plan to record and post that new video in the last weekend of this month.

[bane]

Those are awesome! Hoping they bring these back soon. Will definitely buy a pair. Just got a pair of the Bay Dbl Shot Upland Moc Toes and love them.

[bushisahomo]

unfortunately Truman does not do a real cap toe, so you aren't getting an extra layer of protection there

[MadelnMachines]

I believe these are pretty water resistant on their own. How is water spot / water resistance? Are you finding them easy to maintain? How is the colour - in some photos it looks really light and washed out - in yours it look really rich and darkish but not too dark.

[MohammadRauf]

nice vid. I think truman can use more leather to "close up" the tongue area ... about 0.25-0.5 on either side ... there is a lot of tongue exposed. That's their boot design thing

[cristianvel]

You said Truman suggested the 9, was the 9 a good fit? I’m a 9 too, and just ordered a pair, so I’m curious if it was good fit. Thanks.