Which Danners?

[Hungarydog]

I recently won a gift certificate for a free pair of Danners in a raffle. My experience with Danners is limited to Ft Lewis when I was in the military and a pair of pronghorns about 8 years ago. I currently own multiple pairs of lowas that are my go to hunting boot so I'm not necessarily looking for a hunting boot. Question is, if you could pick any pair out of their current lineup, what would it be? Thanks for any input.

 

[Randle]

Stay with the high end American made and you will be good.i went thru 3 pair of pronghorn that leaked . My Ft Lewis boots lasted 10 years.

 

[GraveyardNRSE]

Stay away from the pronghorns. My buddy and I use the "high ground" boots. They are light and very comfortable. I'm extremely picky with boots and I love those!

 

[Randle]

I will add that their customer service is great . No problem getting warranted boots

 

[6mm Remington]

I really like the Danner Trophy or Canadian. The Fort Lewis is also very good as is the Rain Forest. These are all USA made models.

 

[Tony Trietch]

The last pair of good Danners I had were Elk Hunters. Not sure if they still make them any longer. I have moved away from all Danners and am happy with the decision.

 

[Laelkhunter]

As suggested above, stay with the ones made in USA. They can be recrafted (resoled), and the warranty is better for them. I had a pair of "imported" Danner boots that the sole peeled away from the rest of the boot, and they would not warranty those, only the USA made.
I have a pair of Acadia uniform boots that I have worn on duty for over 4 years. They still look and feel new, but again, they are Made in the USA Danners.

 

[H82miss]

I've been wearing Acadias for 20 years (not the same pair) and they are the only duty boot I'll wear. Not a hunting boot, but a quality, comfy, good looking boot.


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[quent]

Like said before go with the American boots. I have the desert Acadia and love them. I also have the combat hiker which is sold as the crater rim now and are nice hiking and work boot and look nice enough for around town stuff. I also have a pair of chinese made pronghorns that i have no issues with. But if you're lookig for a eh everything all around boot the crater rims are what I would go with.

 

[GKPrice]

I lived my first 56 years just outside of Portland so when I started hunting, after struggling through Herman Survivors and Redwings for the first 5 or 6 elk seasons I gravitated to Danners (back then Pronghorns weren't even a gleam in the family's eye) and struggled a lot more and eventually just wore my White's smokejumpers, rotated wet for dry and endured COLD feet - When Pronghorns made the scene I tried them and wore nothing else for hunting, day uniform and around the farm for very long time then 6 or so years ago a friend guided me to the local Lowa dealer and I walked out in my first pair of Tibets, my feet are smitten and I've not looked back since - "IF" you can get the American made Danners to fit you they are "OK" (IMO) but if you give Lowa boots a try my guess is you'll be hooked for life - Danner makes a good Romeo slipper ...... (or used to)

 

[Redmech]

I've just recently purchased a pair of Eastridge 8" Danners I'm likng so far and breaking them in. So far so good.

 

[boom]

I wanted the Hood Mtn lights bad!!! They were so comfy. I walked into a store in Portland. Fantastic feeling boot out the box. My wad was blown since I had a new sleeping bag in the rental car. Didn't want to turn my honey into less honey, more honey badger. I put the boots back.

Now. Maybe the mtn assault boot. 8". $$$$$

My work boots are Quarry 7". I love them. Super comfy.


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[mikkel318]

I have the Crater Rim 6" and wore them for two hunts last year. I think they are fantastic.

 

[quent]

I have the Crater Rim 6" and wore them for two hunts last year. I think they are fantastic.

I haven't worn them hunting yet... what kinda terrain were you hunting in?

 

[GKPrice]

I am glad that so many still stick with Danners - Danner began as a local NW business and I began as a local NW farmboy so there's sentimental value there .... Lowa boots and "that class of boot" are an entirely different dimension in footwear .... when I wore Pronghorns and until I tried Lowa boots I had not idea of the differences ........