Well it must have been the design or execution with these boots. His Danners were several years old, maybe the seams were compromised from side hilling and hard work. Two of the pairs of Merrells were like new. Not bagging on them, just saying they didn't work and it was not nice. Mine were the Reflex model.
Couple of times we took them off, you could wring a cup of water from your socks. Not sweat. After kind of a short morning hunt one day I took mine off and the tops of my smartwools were still dry where the gaiters and pants covered them. Definitely coming in from the front of the boots like it was being forced through the bootie.
He swore he would never wear boots made with it again, I am asking here, from guys who wear them mountain hunting in wet grass, if it was just the cheaper boots. I will gladly pay more to have dry boots in the morning on a backpack hunt.
