Hanwags have been good to me on fall trips now for close to 10 years...
Meindls, if you read a bit instead of blowing off, you find old ones evidently were very good, and new ones, especially from Cabelas are generally junk. BTDT.
Its not like price pointing from big corps is always a good thing... look at guns from wally... cut corners here and there, plastic safeties to save a few bucks and so on...
