I got a pair of Keens before my Washington trip and liked them so much I came back and bought another pair when these wear out.
If I can get 2-3 years out of a pair I’m satisfied. These boots are advertised as waterproof and they performed exactly as advertised. As soon as cooler weather gets here I’ll be back in them. They’re a LOT more comfortable than my snake boots. They are extremely light compared to other boots I had and over a 2 week period in the PNW I averaged almost 7 miles a day and NO blisters. The year before in another pair of boots I was taping my feet after the 3rd day with blisters on top of blisters.

Merrell moabs fall to pieces in roughly 6 months.

Green County Pete, have you visited the Shoe Box in Black Earth , WI recently?

generally the ONLY place I go for shoes , headed there tomorrow

I took the kids there for shoes this summer , Steve has retired to peruse his other hobby-buissnesses.

his daughter is running the place and you would hardly know he wasn't just out for the day.
I talked to her and she ordered me up some more of the socks.
hard to find the socks in the big size and they had a fair price on them and she shipped them to the house for less than it would cost me in gas to go pick them up.

both companies stop at a 14 like so many others , despite my argument 15-16 just isn't that big.

went to the Shoe box today

waked in not sure what I would walk out with

talked with one of the long time employees , he said Steve was around last night , they still call him boss even though the daughters run the place and Steve is off selling memorabilia
by the way apparently Steve has a Micky Mantel rookie card if anyone is looking , I said I would pass as I gave up on baseball cards in the 80s.

we discussed what had happened with my last 3-4 pair of keens how they failed and he suggested a sewn on sole boot but it would cost a bit of weight I tried on a few , a few are all your options are even at the shoe box when you want a 15EE or in Irish setters I needed a 16EE so I was hitting the top size in the line , as well as wanting a stitched on sole , non safety toe . I did laps around the store for a while wanting to make sure they were comfortable and not going to rub in any places and I walked out with the soft toe version of what my son wears.

not exactly a light weight hiker more of a sturdy boot but very comfortable my son was with buying new insoles for his that are now a year old he wears them 4 x 10 and then some every week and they are holding up better than any he has had before.
his have to be safety toes working in the factory he wore one of those step counters and does about 19-20K a day at work so a fair bit more than I get most days.

8 inch Carolina soft toe
which is a lot like what I wore for a lot of years in Redwings then they stopped making that model