Gear Lab: Boots Torture Test
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Uploaded by BackpackerMagazine on Oct 28, 2009
Can any pair of boots survive 15 minutes in a cement mixer filled with rocks, sticks, dirt, and bricks? Gear Lab aims to find out.
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@BigBosley I second that, these boots should have been half destroyed after they came out.
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If your hiking and fall into a cement mixer this test is helpful.
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Yep. No ecological validity whatsoever. Complete waste of time...and even were it simulate actual use in any way at all, it was ineffective at producing signficantly different results.
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Several days of hikes in some regions in Romania, will void your boots waranty, at least a friend of mine, destroyed 2 pairs of Salomon Cosmic 4D GTX in two months, fortunate for the company's return policy.
I have a pair of older Kayland Contact, they come as tough as a Hillux Double Cab Pick-up, except for the normal wear they like to last for ages.
@Backpacker magasine: When you post new clips ?, including a detailed review of the Salomon Wings Sky GTX, and Editors Choice 2010 ?
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Not practically tested. Weight on the sole! |What weight--total waste of time .
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I did about half of the AT in asics and agree that running shoes are definitely a good option with a very light pack. The main problem I ran into was the grip on the soles--I really wish I had a Vibram sole every time I took a fall on slick rocks. Oh well. . .light is right! (and why would a pound on your foot equal 5 on your back?)
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Well, at least now I know what pair of boots to wear next time I go hiking in a cement mixer.
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good song
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that test is the worst test i`ve ever seen. things on the boots were tested in a way that no real hiker would put them through. my han wags have been up and down mountains and on rugged coastlines for 5 years and i never seen those steel bits that the laces go around, never bend like that. maybe if you get crushed by a landslide you`ll see that happen to your boots
brokenspectral 2 years ago 12
15 minutes?
Try testing them for 15 hours.
BigBosley 2 years ago 9