Nonsense. They do have applications if varying, but not all types of terrain. There's just nothing better down here in the SE (GA, AL, FL) than LL Bean's tread for the soil here. If you wear ANY kind of boot with an aggressive cleat pattern, you will turn your feet into pounds of red clay, whereas the Bean boot just sheds it off. I hunted relatively flat terrain in Wyoming for bison and the fleece lined boot worked perfectly. They would not be a good choice for mountains or heavy snow, but for most hunting applications they are just fine.

A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”