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By b-maw Ranked #466 - Men's Hiking Shoes November 21, 2010

Owned a pair of Keens prior, which I liked a lot with their KeenDry technology. The Apex is lighter, more athletic, and stays dry unless you step in a puddle that comes up higher than your ankle. My out-of-box test was to dip my fit in the bathtub, and the GTX kept my socks completely dry.

I wouldn't buy these as trail runners because they are a little heavier than others on the market, and they don't breath as well as the meshy shoes out there.

However, I have been hiking in these all summer in Idaho and now fall/late fall in New England (which gets real wet and slushy) and have loved them. The Scarpa rubber is much better than any other day-hikers I've used, so I feel confident scrambling up slippery rocks. And they are significantly lighter feeling than the Keens.

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