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  1. Pat, loved your boot review and will give them a try. Also loved your self-review! I sympathize as every week there’s a new ache/pain to deal with; getting old ain’t for sissies!

  2. Excellent review of the boots. A light weight boot is what’s needed for ordinary hiking and hunting activities. … The US Army is buying and switching to a light weight boot for the ‘professional hikers’ in our Military. = God Bless America. The experts in military hiking would say, “It’s about time!”

    Older styled boots are more suitable for construction work. I’ve found the very heavy soles, of quality construction boots to be very puncture resistant (most of the time~just good-enough). … But, the boots are >too heavy for hikingreal experiences in this world. The scoffing at learned Wisdom is loudest from Young People now days.

    1. A large part of my comment disappeared on posting. I also complimented the author for descriptions of what may occur as we age. The part about >learned Wisdom from experiences in life is what may be scoffed at now days; especially by young people.

      This was an excellent article about both hiking boots, and LIFE ITSELF as we age.

  4. Pat, when it comes to footwear I am very picky. For everyday wear I have/use Merrill hiking shoes and when in the woods hiking it’s Merrill hiking boots. I also have a couple of pair of Wolverine hunting boots when I hunt/fish. All of my everyday footwear is waterproof, and I make sure I wear new for a couple of weeks to break them in, especially my boots. I made that mistake once by not breaking them in, and I won’t be doing that again. When the time comes I will check out the Blackhawk brand and hopefully the company will come out with a waterproof version.

  5. Pat – Mud ? I have had some boots that pick up mud and hold on to it great, can’t wear any place dropping mud pieces on the floor would be an issues. How did these do in the mud ?
    I love lightweight boots, but my feet don’t but for pavement / smooth trails. If off on rocks or rough trails, I need a really thick sole with carbon fiber (for wt.) shank, no shank and they flex too much. I have found that I need to shop for “Expedition” boots to get the shank, but they are all heavy. I end up keeping both, would love to find a 6″ (not-quite-as-light) lightweight boot with a shank that I could use all the time.

  6. I didn’t have to work anywhere near as hard as Pat did to get bad feet. I sprained my ankle walking in our garden. $129 is a good price for shoes that support your feet. Good socks too. Nutrition plays a role, my aching feet are soothed by magnesium/potassium-rich foods. Shoo-Goo will extend the life of shoes coming apart between the uppers and sole.

  7. May have to try a pair. For years I bought Original SWAT boots without side zip in OD green but they have since discontinued this model. I bought the coyote Under Armor boots but the top mesh let in too much fine sand here in the desert and sanded my feet raw. The Under Armor boots also did not protect me from cactus. For work I wear Red Wings but they discontinued my favorite model (899’s) and half the Red Wing store is not American made anymore.

  8. I have most of the same issues as the rest of you. Plus size 14&1/2- 15 size or 49 European. Always looking for my next pair of boots. Merrills seem to fit and be the best I have found. They keep discontinuing whatever I like. Living in the desert I need shoes that keep the sand out and my feet cool. Will try the Blackhawks if they have my size.

  9. Great review Pat, as always. I always enjoy how you put your own spin on products and we seem to think alike. I have been through multiple pairs of the Magnum Response boot from when I was a cop and been happy with them but they only come in black, which doesn’t work for me anymore, too tacticool looking for the average Joe walking around and I normally wear earth tones. Will check these out.

  10. Good review Pat. I may have to give these a try. We are about the same age and I don’t live far from you as the crow flies so our weather is the same. (Cold rain as I write this and my osteo is letting me know about it.)

    Growing older isn’t for sissies.

  11. Blown out knee from my days in the military, so as I’ve gotten older, light has become very important. Now I work in the oil patch. 12 hour days, when you’re over 50, are not fun. Finding a safety toe/boot that meets all the certifications, including being 8″ is not the easiest. My go to for the last few years has been the 511 tacticals with side zip. They are light, easy to get on and off with the side zip, and they have a gel heel, which helps keep an old guy with a bad knee on his feet, and lets me keep up with the guys out here that are half my age.

    I’ll have to look into the Blackhawk’s now, to see if they have anything comparable. From the military to the oil patch, the one constant is: “Your feet are your life.”

  12. I used to sell therapeutic shoes and custom insoles and have seem all kinds of foot problems. Also other problems throughout the body resulting from foot issues, most notably ankle, knee, hip and back problems. I have even heard of cases TMJ being alleviated using custom insoles (it was published in a medical journal). Your feet are your bodies foundation, treat them right and you will know it. Don’t skimp on your feet. As for our aging bodies, my mom always said her golden years were rusty.

  13. I want to offer up some things to help on this aging journey. I have spent years working countless hours on my feet. It appears that I am going to experience the effects mostly in my ankles and feet. Several years back, I did partially tear a knee meniscus that had me limping up and down stairs. At the time, I complained to my doctor that I thought I was losing strength in my lower limbs. She prescribed a round of PT and it helped somewhat. What really helped was that I discovered the benefits of drinking Bone Broth. There are many different You-tube videos out there showing you how to make it, but basically it is a broth made from bones and other ingredients that is very slowly simmered on a low heat for hours. I used locally sourced grass fed beef bones for mine. Drink at least a mug full every day and you should see improvements in a few weeks, maybe sooner. This is also excellent for boosting immunity, and for this reason I have started back drinking broth this winter. There is a side note here. For some reason, I don’t really know why, it helps with insomnia but only if the mugful is consumed around mid afternoon. My next adventure with alternative therapies was mushroom capsules after stumbling on the work of Paul Stamets. He is an expert in Mushroom mycelium , written books, gives lectures, and is over all a fascinating read on this subject. His research has included certain breast cancer treatments, environmental cleanups, and honey bee collapse disorder, as well as governmental research. You can find him on Ted Talks and I encourage you to research on your own, and see if you want to try this. Taking Mushroom powders is old Chinese medicine, but I would caution you that if you do decide you want to try these, to avoid any coming from outside of the country, only because you don’t know which kinds of soils they have been grown in. There seems to be a mushroom for all kinds of ailments. Finally, this past fall, I decided it was time that I cleaned up my 45 plus years of poor eating habits that most of us have in the health care industry. I am not fanatical with most things that I try, and so if I change my diet and decide that on Christmas I am going to throw caution to the wind, I do so. Mostly what I did was do away with sugars, gluten in the forms of breads, etc, and tried to eat more healthy proteins, vegetables and fruits. Also, I tried to cut out as much processed foods as possible. I really wanted to stabilize my blood sugar levels. My ankles had increased in size over the last year or so, and I had thought that this would be a permanent condition. I was shocked when in one weeks time, they went back to their normal size. I am not sure when I noticed that my mobility had improved, but I have only been doing this for four months and I feel like I have dropped years. The last thing I wish to share with you is not my experience but my friends. She is very close to needing a total knee replacement. Over the last couple of weeks she had to take tub bath soaks using Epsom salts to treat a skin condition. She says after the first bath she could hardly climb out of the tub, but after the next couple or so, she is moving around with no pain in her knee. Now she is pain free for a week now. Are any of these permanent fixes? I have no idea. I just know what has helped me and I wish to share with you to try. Do your own research. Give them time to work before making the decision if they are to be permanent habits. I for one, will give up bread and sweets, just because I love the way I feel. We need to kick this aging can down the road for as long as we can. Blessings!

  14. Wish I could wear normal size boots. If you need extra wide like I do, check out the new trail runners from New Balance. I couldn’t believe how light they are, but have stood up well so far.

  15. I do a lot of back country bow bunting. I have had both a right knee replacement and a left ankle replacement. I like boots that are light, waterproof, supportive and tough. The last few years I have been wearing Red Wing VaprTrek. Could not be happier, even though my Danner Pronghorns are awesome too, just not as light.

  16. Like others here I have been wearing Merrill’s for a couple of years now. I have always been particular on the shoes/boots I wear. It took me a few months and a whole lot of shopping to figure out that the Merrill’s are the best in price range I can afford. I wish they made a high top version to provide more ankle support (old injury).

  17. I just ordered a pair that you recommended. I still have my original combat boots and “Jump Boots” from Jump School. They were heavy. I was on an “A TEAM” in the Special Forces 44 years and 80 lbs ago. I wear boots like this every day now and they are wearing out. I have 4 new pairs in the boxes. They are all heavy so I’m ready for some lighter weights for footwear.

    Good review, now let us test them on the ranch and trails of Tennessee.

  18. Im with you Pat, my wife and i only wear hiking boots period. She loves Asolo brand and im a Danner Man, hunter style boots. Years ago when we married she scoffed at paying 250 dollars for quality foot wear, now shes on her second pair in twenty years ! Thats called good economy. We rarely would allow our kids to wear those cheap thong sandles with no support. Look at what the hippsters are wearing around these days and you can see why we are plagged with back, knee and hip problems. I cant stand flip flops, except at the beach mabey. Thanks for the review Pat.

  19. Great info on the boots. All of us that have been around the horn know how important is is to take good care of our feet. One of the other comments talked about “Cactus” and I know what he is talking about. The new GI desert boots don’t have hard enough soles to stop the spines from going thru. I switched back to my old Special forces boots I have had for years. After 30 years in Alaska using them for hunting only I new they were tough enough to stand up to the any thing here in Utah. They did a good job but my feet and back took a beating. I couldn’t wear them they were to much for me. I wear “Lowa” hiking boot and they are great, but not water proof without spraying them down with “Kiwi” Camp Dry. They seem to do OK.

    Getting old is a bit-h. Us old guys had to work hard to make a living in the Oil Patch. In the old day’s the winter weather didn’t keep us indoors we worked when it was -80 below wind chill. Most all of us wore “Bunny boots” to keep our feet warm. It seems now we have a bunch of folks that say it to hard to work in that cold of weather. They sure didn’t pay us that good money to sit on our a** and complain. I won’t be around to many more years to see our country fall apart because nobody wants to “WORK HARD”. Pat thanks so much for the article and I’ll sure try a pair out.
    Gman

  22. Hi James,

    Thanks for the write-up, sir. Good foot wear is important. Also good for us to walk barefoot when able. Feels tremendously good and toughens up our feets. : )

    Appreciate you and all fellow readers with the great articles and comments.

    Respectfully,
    Billy

    “Salvation is of the LORD.” -Jonah 2:9c [KJV]

    https://thehoffmannreport.blogspot.com/

  23. As I close in on my “3 score and ten”, I have a couple of near-disabling health issues. Some are the “normal” afflictions of the old, others are a result of my lifestyle and risk taking. There is also the business of “I should have treated my body as a temple, instead, I treated it as a fraternity house or amusement park”….

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