My intent here is not to bad mouth Kenetrek. They are probably a great little company. My only concern is that folks are thinking that these boots are the cure-all for whatever you hunt and they are not. I suspect I am harder to impress than most folks and the older I get the worse I get in this respect.
Mine kept disbonding. I was asked in an accusatory tone, what I put on the boots. I got the impression that they wanted to blame my waterproofing material for the failed bonding. I explained that I had never put anything on them and they let it go at that. They still send me catalogs and promotional emails but I won't buy anymore as they are too expensive to experiment with.
During a typical year, I may spend 200 days in the rough stuff. I go through a lot of boots. I have three pair ready for recrafting right now. I don't mind wearing them out but I don't like them falling apart at the seams.
I had the same thing happen with my 5-10 shoes. My first pair was awesome, lasting more than a year with several rigorous outings on them including a 50 mile scout hike. I replaced them with the closest thing I could find to the same model ($125 for Chinese made sneakers) and the fell apart in two months. Now I can wear them to work on airplanes in but not in the field. They are my last pair of Chinese shoes. Just bought some Merrels, they are made in Vietnam
. Time will tell if they hold up any better...
I wish I could find some decent shoes.
Not to hijack the thread, but here are just a few photos that show some of the boot killing stuff:
From last year's bear hunt.
And scouting for elk