Vivo forest tracker esc durability

[Braaap]

I just wore mine for an 8 day elk hunt. This is my third season with this pair of boots and when they were new they did a lot better at staying dry for longer. I even did the Aqua Seal around the leather/sole interface, the stitching, and gave them a bit of a rand. I brought a few pairs of socks and a pair of Sealskinz waterproof socks. The waterproof socks worked great when we had a good storm that dumped a few inches of snow. I wore the Injinji liners under the Sealskinz and after a couple days the boots dried out and I went back to regular socks over the liners. These are by far my favorite boots I’ve ever had. The lack of waterproofing kinda sucks at times but the advantage they have when it’s not wet is huge, which for where I hunt is the majority of the time. These boots breathe so much better and I’m never itching to take them off at the end of the day. I was skeptical of packing heavy loads with them at first but they’re totally fine if you’re feet are adapted to them.

 

[fwafwow]

I ordered some seal skins to use with my vivos if I need them this fall.

I’m going to give them a go. Got some Jim greens too but I don’t see the sole being aggressive enough some of the time atleast.

Which Sealskinz did you get, and how are they?

 

[Lawnboi]

Which Sealskinz did you get, and how are they?

Adult Sealskinz Inc Raynham Waterproof All Weather Crew Hunting Socks

SCHEELS.com

www.scheels.com

I got these. They seem nice but honestly I havnt used them enough to say if they are good or not.

 

[Braaap]

I used these ones last week.

 

[HighUintas]

I forgot to mention, I used mine on my elk hunt a couple weeks ago. It was dry dry dry so I didn't get to test out the water resistance with my aqua seal rand, but the rand has held up really well so far. This is 2.5 seasons of use (probably a few hundred miles) and 1 season with the rand.

I shot a small spike ...crazy small... Smallest I've seen, and packed out about 100lbs each of 2 trips, 9.5 miles one way. That got my arches somewhat tired, maybe a little sore, but not bad at all. They just felt "worked" after finishing. They're incredibly comfortable and hopefully they'll improve their durability of stitching and adhesives.

 

[HighUintas]

Oh yes... I forgot to mention that the Granger's waterproofing wax works the best on these of those I've tried. I've used obenaufs, nikwax, and renapur also. Nikwax is shit. Renapur and obenaufs are ok but don't last as long as grangers WP wax