Its boot shopping time....

[wind gypsy]

I've always heard Solomons are soft. They're too narrow for me to get my for into, so I don't know for sure.

Oof. The Salomon is a "soft" boot?

My work boots must be tennis shoes then. I'd hate to see what a stiff boot is.

Yes, for mountain boots the quest 4d is flexible boot. Lowa tibet, kennetrek mountain extreme, zamberlan 980, etc type boots are much stiffer.

I've got sissy feet/ankles and much prefer the support of stiffer boots in most mountain hunting situations. Others who obviously have much stronger feet/ankles often prefer softer boots. The stiffer they are the more critical they seem to be of fit.

 

[Jpsmith1]

Yes, for mountain boots the quest 4d is flexible boot. Lowa tibet, kennetrek mountain extreme, zamberlan 980, etc type boots are much stiffer.

I've got sissy feet/ankles and much prefer the support of stiffer boots in most mountain hunting situations. Others who obviously have much stronger feet/ankles often prefer softer boots. The stiffer they are the more critical they seem to be of fit.

Apparently, my ankles are pretty solid the Salomons annoyed me a little at first because they were stiffer than what I'm used to walking on. Add to that walking on harder, smoother surfaces during initial break in and I guess I built the idea that they were stiffer.

I typically wind up not buying a boot because it's the "right" boot, but because it's the only one I can find that I can shove my hoof of a foot into. I'm going to TRY to find a boot based more on features and quality rather than just taking what fits and doesn't crush my toes this time.

 

[Jpsmith1]

@Hoffman Boots have options to fit just about anyone and they're great to work with.

Is that a purely custom option?

 

[sndmn11]

Lathrop has "super wide"; I've never tried them on

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I've had Hoffman Explorer wide, and they aren't that wide. Any of the Meindl comfort fit in wide are significantly wider, drastically.

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[wind gypsy]

Apparently, my ankles are pretty solid the Salomons annoyed me a little at first because they were stiffer than what I'm used to walking on. Add to that walking on harder, smoother surfaces during initial break in and I guess I built the idea that they were stiffer.

They are definitely more supportive than the typical leather boot us easterners are exposed to. Compared to something like a danner pronghorn or the rocky boots i grew up with, they are a notably different feel for sure.

 

[Jpsmith1]

I managed to track down a pair of Crispi boots locally. A touch large at size 14, but MAN are they nice boots and they have the width I need

Thanks all for the help