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Posted: 10/14/2010 7:23:47 PM EDT

Meet your new god, children.

Must have

Bout time they got some new models out there.
FWIW, avoid the models that are not made in USA like the plauge.

Entire lineup

Posted: 10/14/2010 7:25:42 PM EDT

[#1]

looks like any old walmart boot

Posted: 10/14/2010 7:26:52 PM EDT

[#2]

Being sexual aroused by footwear can only mean one thing......

Posted: 10/14/2010 7:27:05 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:

looks like any old walmart boot

Except they're made here by Danner.

Makes a difference.

Posted: 10/14/2010 7:27:26 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
looks like any old walmart boot

Speak to me, child

Posted: 10/14/2010 7:28:56 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:

Quoted:
looks like any old walmart boot

Except they're made here by Danner.

Makes a difference.

Absolutely. I got some Danner Elk Hunters probably 12 years go. Still holding up perfectly.

Posted: 10/14/2010 7:29:38 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:

Quoted:
looks like any old walmart boot

Speak to me, child

They are pricey. Cant they get some sweatshop in China to make the same boot for less money? I have several pairs of Danners, some from China and they are ok.

Posted: 10/14/2010 7:33:26 PM EDT

[#7]

I like buying american as much as the next guy... but there are better $300 boots on the market.

Posted: 10/14/2010 7:34:05 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:

Quoted:
looks like any old walmart boot

Speak to me, child

They are pricey. Cant they get some sweatshop in China to make the same boot for less money? I have several pairs of Danners, some from China and they are ok.

Over the years, I have owned 5 danner models. 2 were China made, and were complete garbage. Honetly, I have had $40 knock offs that were a damn site better. No shit, I went through 3 pair of the same model. Stitching was comming out within a week, and would only stay waterproof for a month. Soles comming off, ect. No good came of them. Now, im not saying that you cant get a decent pair of boots from a sweatshop. All BS aside, its DAMN HARD to find a more comfortable boot than a $100 pair of Dr Martens, and they hold up reasonably well.

I can make boots last a loooong time. IF they are quality from the start.

Posted: 10/14/2010 7:34:41 PM EDT

[#9]

Die hard Danner fan here. I have three pairs of their hiking boots and two pairs of their (now discontinued) Edgewood loafer line. Always good to see a US company making stuff here on our shores. But their MSRPs are rapidly getting out of reach of Joe Sixpack ... MSRP of $300 for their Mountain Light II in black??? I'm glad I bought my US made Danners years ago but I am losing hope that the average Joe or Jane Sixpack will be able to "buy American" at those prices.

Posted: 10/14/2010 7:35:02 PM EDT

[#10]

Best boots around.

Posted: 10/14/2010 7:35:34 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
I like buying american as much as the next guy... but there are better $300 boots on the market.

I wont argue with that. IMO, A $200 pair of Redwings is still a DAMN good boot. All Bs aside, my Redwings hold up every bit as well as my Danners. Its just that Danners make the models with the features that I want. I dont mind paying more for that.

Posted: 10/14/2010 7:36:02 PM EDT

[#12]

Do they not make any pull-on boots?

I don't like lace-ups...

Posted: 10/14/2010 7:37:10 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
Die hard Danner fan here. I have three pairs of their hiking boots and two pairs of their (now discontinued) Edgewood loafer line. Always good to see a US company making stuff here on our shores. But their MSRPs are rapidly getting out of reach of Joe Sixpack ... MSRP of $300 for their Mountain Light II in black??? I'm glad I bought my US made Danners years ago but I am losing hope that the average Joe or Jane Sixpack will be able to "buy American" at those prices.

Never buy Danners from Danner. Check out Vanderbilts.com.

What Danner sells for $300 will go for $260 there. Bying directly from the MFG is always high.

Posted: 10/14/2010 7:37:44 PM EDT

[#14]

I've got a pair of Gortex combat boots, they never broke in and are still uncomfortable to this day.

Posted: 10/14/2010 7:39:17 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
I like buying american as much as the next guy... but there are better $300 boots on the market.

This.

Posted: 10/14/2010 7:40:33 PM EDT

[#16]

Wow I bought a pair of Mountain Light II for $200 shipped new just 6 months ago. I guess inflation has gotten out of control, or that non-tactical brown comes with a discount :).

Posted: 10/14/2010 7:40:48 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Die hard Danner fan here. I have three pairs of their hiking boots and two pairs of their (now discontinued) Edgewood loafer line. Always good to see a US company making stuff here on our shores. But their MSRPs are rapidly getting out of reach of Joe Sixpack ... MSRP of $300 for their Mountain Light II in black??? I'm glad I bought my US made Danners years ago but I am losing hope that the average Joe or Jane Sixpack will be able to "buy American" at those prices.

Never buy Danners from Danner. Check out Vanderbilts.com.

What Danner sells for $300 will go for $260 there. Bying directly from the MFG is always high.

Oh yeah, I agree with you there. However, I purchased all my Danners about 10 years ago. Each pair of my Danners (Explorer, Patrol, Blackhawk II) were less than $200, shipped. I bought my Patrol boots from Gall's (and we all know Gall's is NOT cheap) for $180 back in the day. The others were purchased from newenglandshoe.com (may they rest in peace). Just making the observation that the price of US made Danners is rapidly skyrocketing, nothing more.

Posted: 10/14/2010 7:46:19 PM EDT

[#18]

Danner gives me a big .gov discount. You have to call them though to get it, you can't order from the website.

I got a pair of non-goretex TFX's for like 95 bucks or so and for a China boot, the TFX series (I own the goer and non gore models) are pretty good. I have many hundred miles on my G-Tex pair and a hundred or os on my non-G-Tex pair..

Posted: 10/14/2010 7:49:04 PM EDT

[#19]

I prefer to get my danners compliments of the US tax payer. (USAF)

I would just like to take this opportunity to say thank you to the less than 50% of Americans that paid for my Desert Acadias!

Posted: 10/14/2010 7:51:26 PM EDT

[#20]

I like Asolo hiking boots. They aren't work boots but they hold up really nice. I have a pair that looks new after 3 years.

Posted: 10/14/2010 8:10:40 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
Die hard Danner fan here. I have three pairs of their hiking boots and two pairs of their (now discontinued) Edgewood loafer line. Always good to see a US company making stuff here on our shores. But their MSRPs are rapidly getting out of reach of Joe Sixpack ... MSRP of $300 for their Mountain Light II in black??? I'm glad I bought my US made Danners years ago but I am losing hope that the average Joe or Jane Sixpack will be able to "buy American" at those prices.

Ditto same here. I have a pair of all-leather Mtn LIghts that I bought years ago. The problem is that the cost of doing business in the US has increased tremendously. Wait until BHO's health care reform hits full force. There will be much more manufacturing moved to the PRC.

Posted: 10/14/2010 8:22:14 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
Meet your new god, children.

Must have

Bout time they got some new models out there.
FWIW, avoid the models that are not made in USA like the plauge.

Entire lineup

They got a shit load of boot styles.

Posted: 10/14/2010 8:23:56 PM EDT

[#23]

What's a good overall SHTF Danner boot style?

Posted: 10/14/2010 8:30:40 PM EDT

[#24]

I guess I am missing something, I like my made in USA Redwings, the only issue I ever had with them is that they are expensive at $150-200 a pair. Any way you slice it, they are boots, and good value or not, I can't say I ever got sexually excited over a pair of work boots. If this were a thread about womens wearing heels, or even high heeled boots I could see some fappage, but this is just crazy talk.

Posted: 10/14/2010 8:31:28 PM EDT

[#25]

Love my danners and looks like they are bringing back an old style that I love. Here are my originals. I had the "recrafted" by danner about a year ago. I've had these boots since 1992.

Before recrafting (about 17 years old)

After recrafting:

Posted: 10/14/2010 8:34:03 PM EDT

[#26]

I have a pair of the Combat Hikers...nice boots.

Posted: 10/14/2010 8:36:43 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
What's a good overall SHTF Danner boot style?

Mountain Light II

http://www.danner.com/mountain-lighttm-ii-mens-womens-hiking-boots.html

On pair #2 over ~20 years - though my first pair wasn't a II, but the original.

Posted: 10/14/2010 8:52:05 PM EDT

[#28]

I have had my Arcadias for over a decade now. Great boots.

Had some Chinese Danners, and they didn't last 12 months. Fortunately Bass Pro took them back. Chinese is Chinese.

Posted: 10/14/2010 9:35:37 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:

Quoted:
What's a good overall SHTF Danner boot style?

Mountain Light II

http://www.danner.com/mountain-lighttm-ii-mens-womens-hiking-boots.html

On pair #2 over ~20 years - though my first pair wasn't a II, but the original.

Good looking boot. Looking for something a little higher on the ankle. I think.

Posted: 10/14/2010 9:37:52 PM EDT

[#30]

when the new pair of danners i got last years wears out after half a decade or so Ill probably get yet another pair.

Posted: 10/14/2010 9:46:35 PM EDT

[#31]

Always liked the Fort Lewis boots. Never been willing to spend the cash on a pair though.

Posted: 10/14/2010 9:51:52 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:

Quoted:
What's a good overall SHTF Danner boot style?

Mountain Light II

http://www.danner.com/mountain-lighttm-ii-mens-womens-hiking-boots.html

On pair #2 over ~20 years - though my first pair wasn't a II, but the original.

Yeah , I like the look of those , the brown ones , alot . A bit pricey , but with boots anymore , you get what ya pay for.

Posted: 10/14/2010 10:01:22 PM EDT

[#33]

They look like what I left in the toilet a few hours ago

Posted: 10/14/2010 10:36:49 PM EDT

[#34]

i've often wished they made a low cut version of the mtn light - essentially a shoe. i've even thought about seeing if they'd do it as a custom job. that light tan might be just enough reason for me to give them call.

Posted: 10/14/2010 10:38:39 PM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:

Always liked the Fort Lewis boots. Never been willing to spend the cash on a pair though.

Got a pair. My god, they're heavy. Comfy and warm and stay dry. But they're heavy.

Posted: 10/14/2010 10:55:39 PM EDT

[#36]

I have 4 pairs of Danner's. My Rain Forest ones are at least 12 years old. Still going strong. Definitely worth the $$$.

Posted: 10/14/2010 11:10:35 PM EDT

[#37]

FUCK ME they have gone up. I LOVE Danner products but man the Acadias at a $300 price point is crazy. I understand the reasoning behind it and everything has gone up but they wont survive selling boots at that higher price, just puts it too far out of the price range for most people.

And I'm die hard Danner fan, I've owned 3 pairs of Acadias and a Expedition boot. The Acadias are my daily wear now for 8 years. I bust down Acadias about every 3 years or so with 3-4 resoles in between.

Posted: 10/14/2010 11:10:56 PM EDT

[#38]

FUCK ME they have gone up. I LOVE Danner products but man the Acadias at a $300 price point is crazy. I understand the reasoning behind it and everything has gone up but they wont survive selling boots at that higher price, just puts it too far out of the price range for most people.

And I'm die hard Danner fan, I've owned 3 pairs of Acadias and a Expedition boot. The Acadias are my daily wear now for 8 years. I bust down Acadias about every 3 years or so with 3-4 resoles in between.

Posted: 10/14/2010 11:17:01 PM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:
looks like any old walmart boot

Posted: 10/15/2010 12:24:24 AM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Always liked the Fort Lewis boots. Never been willing to spend the cash on a pair though.

Got a pair. My god, they're heavy. Comfy and warm and stay dry. But they're heavy.

The "stitch down" construction has a price over the PRC-made molded soles. It adds ~10-15% more weight to the boot, and that will feel like double since it is at the end of your leg. And it also requires breaking it. For me I just "hike" in the local shopping mall, great place to break in a shoe, and oogle at the girls.

I never regret spending the extra bucks for the Mtn Light.

Posted: 10/15/2010 12:27:10 AM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:
I guess I am missing something, I like my made in USA Redwings, the only issue I ever had with them is that they are expensive at $150-200 a pair. Any way you slice it, they are boots, and good value or not, I can't say I ever got sexually excited over a pair of work boots. If this were a thread about womens wearing heels, or even high heeled boots I could see some fappage, but this is just crazy talk.

If you spend a lot of time in them, you will get really excited over a comfy pair. If your feet are cold and wet, or is painful, your life can be pretty miserable.

Posted: 10/15/2010 12:52:47 AM EDT

[#42]

Danner® Marine Temperate Mens/Womens Military Boots.

Here

Or

Desert TFX® Rough-Out GTX® Military Boots.

Here

Posted: 10/15/2010 1:29:41 AM EDT

[#43]

I had a pair of nearly new (1-2 months old) Merrells blow out on me in Egypt in 2004, and a pair of Oakley assault boots come apart on me in the heat in Iraq in 2009.

Lesson learned: I buy boots with stitched soles, not glued. Favorites are Danners and Asolos.

Posted: 10/15/2010 1:54:10 AM EDT

[#44]

I have these being delivered today UPS, I purchased from Danner as they have in stock what I wanted and the shipping was only $20.00 for 2-day air, free for standard shipping. I looked around and most prices where only 10-20 bucks cheaper but I needed 12.5 4E and most sites had to order them.

Behold my new winter sneakers!