Mammut

Trovat Advanced High GTX Boot - Men's

Solid boot

Familiarity:

I've used it several times

Size Bought:

11.5

Height:

5' 11"

Weight:

210

I bought this as a replacement for my Salomon Quest 4D 3 GTX boots that I've had for the last 6 years. However, the price of Salomon continues to go up, so I started looking for a more affordable alternative. Because I have to wear custom orthotics (which tend to raise the heel up more than the standard inserts), I need a bigger, deeper heel cup to still hold my foot in place. The Mammut Trovat is a super sturdy, solid boot. It's nice because it's wide enough to accommodate the plastic orthotic insert and my heel fits in it nicely. However, after a few times wearing it (in northern Idaho), I wish I'd gone half a size smaller. I wear 11.5 almost across the board, and I wish I'd gone with an 11. The boot is so sturdy that I find I have difficulty cranking down my foot and securing it tightly. (I don't have this problem up around my ankle, where I can tighten the so they basically are like ski boots.) That said, I'm not going to complain about a boot that is TOO sturdy. My real complaint is that I feel like the angle of the boot forces my leg backward, so I have to struggle to bend it forward. (That is to say, geometrically, the boot is at more of an obtuse than right-or-acute angle than I would prefer.) Long story short, do I like these boots? Yes. Will I keep them and wear them out till there's nothing left? Yes. Would I buy them again? Probably not. I'll probably go back to what I know and what I know works (and just spend the extra money).