these boots are junk

By Ben Reff Ranked #273 - Men's Winter Boots and Shoes December 10, 2009

On my first (and only) walk to work with the Caribous, I started noticing that the boots were rubbing against my lateral malleolus (the bony protrusion on the outside of your foot/ankle). After just a couple blocks the rubbing stopped being annoying and started being painful - the skin was getting rubbed right off. This occurred with both boots.

After a while the pain was such that I was having to walk creatively - i.e., on the balls of my feet to elevate my heels within the boots themselves, to prevent more rubbing. What a miserable experience. Although the snow was over a foot deep on the sidewalks and the temps were well below freezing, I still opted to wear my "indoor" work moccasins on the way back.

In addition to the lacerations they caused, these boots are a pain to walk in, literally. I'm in pretty good shape, but my quick mile walk to work in these puppies was dreadful. They are too heavy and too inflexible to be comfortable for walking in.

I really can't imagine what people wear these for. They are too heavy and uncomfortable for walking, and certainly far too cumbersome for even the mildest of hikes, the treads don't grip on ice, you can't drive in them because the soles are so wide they hit both the gas and the brakes and you can't feel either of them anyway. These boots are well and truly the most non-functional "gear" I have ever come across. If all you do is shovel your tiny driveway in these, you've wasted your money. I bought these boots because my dad wore them when I was growing up and we always had kid versions too. I don't know what happened but these just aren't the same quality boots they used to be. Even the cheap, Chinese-made Columbia boots I just bought are far superior to these, and Sorel is owned by Columbia!

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