I want to see how the customer support is with them.
I had a pair of new American made Danners start making a clicking sound at every step on a backcountry hunt about 7yrs ago. Too far back in to just swap boots. First it was one boot clicking but at the end of the hunt both boots were clicking away in an annoying unison and I could feel something popping in the arch area of each boot. My hunting pard was making wise cracks and snickering too (he was wearing Meindl Alaskans).
When I got home I packed up the boots and called Danner, they put the boot repair person on the phone. He stated I would have to pay a $75.00 repair charge in order to have the boots repaired. I told him not to bother but to give me the new owner's name & office of Danner Boot Co so I could ship those boots directly to him with a nice letter on where he could put those defective boots. The repair person put me on hold for about 10 min and then came back on and stated to ship the boots to them, there would be no repair bill. I did and they repaired them but that pair of boots never broke in right and in steep rough country they gave me a blister or two. I chucked them in the trash a few years ago. That was about my 5th or 6th Danner boot, and the only Danners that gave me any trouble. I still have another pair that feel great but are pretty hellish looking.
I like my newer Lowas and Asolos so far, will stick to some of the european made boots if possible.
MtnHtr