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Offline War savage

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Giving some boots a shot
« on: July 13, 2006, 09:50:02 PM »
So here are a pair of boots that I've been wanting to try out for awhile. I finally broke down and bought them. My other boots which are Wellco's are great. No real complaints about them. I wanted something a little lighter and different.

Here's the New Boots. Bates M9.




Here's my old boots. Still a great boot with no real complaints. Very rugged.

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« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2006, 10:49:12 PM »
Nice choice on the Bates.  I rock the Bates Durashock U.S.M.C. Hot-Weather Desert Boots and absolutely love them.

http://www.uscav.com/productinfo.aspx?p ... 93&tabID=1

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« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2006, 03:01:57 PM »
WarSavage,

I have those exact boots...although I'm willing to bet a couple of sizes smaller.

I love them, the ankle support is great but at first seems too much..after a little break in I almost wanted to sleep in them.

I'm not so sure about durability as I have only wore them about 30 times, and only twice doing any running/hiking/leaping tall buildings in a single bound sort of stuff.

Cool without the use of any special socks
Comfortable after a very short break in
Durable?  No real idea yet.
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« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2006, 04:05:04 PM »
I noticed the same thing about the ankle support (almost to much). I'm sure (like you said) after they break in they will be comfortable. But thats what I was looking for in the boot.

My Wellco's are an awesome boot, but the one problem I noticed a few time was, I came very close to the limit of rolling my ankles in some rough rocky terrain. The ankle support on the Wellco's is just merely the soft leather.
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« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2006, 04:35:35 PM »
Were they difficult to break in?  Some boots take a couple of miles or soaked in water to break in and avoid the typical blisters you get with any new boot
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« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2006, 02:57:59 AM »
I didn't attempt anything special to break them in.  Wore them to one airsoft game, hiked once and went to work multiple times(easy normal walking).
I'd say all in all I went about 4 or 5 miles in them before I felt a considerable change.
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