Are there goretex boots that don't take on water hiking in wet grass or do we need to move on to waxed all-leather boots? We wore gaiters.
All leather for sure.
Gore-Tex is a joke.
My current 3/4 wore out pair of cowboy is 10x more waterproof than a couple pairs of 'techno' styled goretex hiking boots that I have owned in the past.
Same for rain coats, goretex and it's spin offs turn into a heavy wet POS after an hour or so of rain.
I've had terrible luck with it.
This in spades! Its ok for light stuff but I'll never trust it to keep me dry for exteneded anything.
I had a BRAND new pair once, I didn't have but about 8 hours or less on em in break in, on an AK trip.... crossed a shallow creek about 8 inches or so deep, boots obviously taller than that, and one foot was wet, while the other was dry....
