Yeah, Scarpas, Mendles (the old original German ones) and the other high end Euro, boots are no good......
Funny, here in BC, as tough a country on boots as one can find, I had Meindls last for years, wearing them EVERY day and fighting fire, hunting, snowshoeing, in them, but, I looked after my boots.
Same performance from some others, my old Scarpas are still going, but, worn and my others are looking good.
I used to average two years, daily wear with 2-3 soles from my boots, the original Meindl Perfects from Germany were my favourite due to last issues and they went for about 3 years.
I spent quite some time examining Kenetrek boots at one of the big gunshows here and was not too impressed, but, I have never worn them.
YMMV, but Scarpa makes some of the best serious mountain boots I have worn in 50+ years and I highly recommend them and using Obenaufs frequently to maintain them.
