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Posted: 3/18/2005 4:54:19 AM EDT
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I am looking into getting some good boots for some training coming up soon, and I was hoping to get some input on which brand of boots to get. I will be taking some pistol and carbine course's this year and I want to get a good set that are comfortable and easy to run in etc... Thanks in advance |
| light hikers are very comfortable, easy to run in, keep your feet relativly cool and are inexpensive. i have a pair of solomen expert mids and a pair of merrill camelion ventilators, both are great like hikers that will fit your needs(any REI or Campmor ect will have them). if you're for a military combat boot, i would recommend a pair of Danner Acadias(not the desert ones) great boots and it would make a better winter boot(200g insulate and gore-tex) then a light hiker since you live in mid-west. you can find then on ebay for pretty cheap($100-$150) or brigade quartermasters has them new for around $190. or get a pair of jungle boots and put some nice insoles in them(Sole Technologies).i'm a bit of a boot freak. got about 10 pairs. Hanwags are by far my favorites, but they are a trekking boot, not the most ideal for what you want them for. |
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Anyone tried 5.11 HRT Boots? I love Danner Acadias, I wear them daily for work but would like to try some 5.11 for classes. |
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Get boots for the environment you need, and unless you live in the driest of deserts, get waterproof/goretex. Make sure they fit. Bad fit = pissed off feet. Make sure they fit. Bad fit = squeek squeek as you run and walk and creep. bad if you are trying to be stealthy. Finally, remember that every 0.5lb on your feet = 5 lbs on your back. |
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Hell if I know. In all honesty, Its more like they are too goddamn small. The jackass at the CIIP at Benning wanted to argue with me about how well I know my own goddamn feet. This arguement was subsequently followed with me in the front leaning rest for 15 minutes. Anyway, the 11Wides I was fitted for are too narrow and the balls of my feet literally walk on the outer edge of the sole. |
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