User Review: AKU Zenith Leather

Reviewed June 18, 2009 by Pywhacket

Rating:
Materials: leather, gore-tex
Use: dayhikes, soon to be tested on a backpacking trip
Break-in Period: there wasn't one. They were comfortable from day one.
Weight: no idea
Price Paid: $220

I am updating the previous review, which I wrote last August. I have now had the boots 10 months so have a bit more experience with them.

I still love them. They have held up extraordinarily well and still look almost new, though I wear them on regular day hikes. This past New Year's Day, I wore them to hike along the frozen river at the bottom of Maligne Canyon in Jasper National Park. Though I went without ice cleats, I did not slip once. My feet were comfortably warm the entire hike (though I admit that may have something to do with the merino wool socks I was wearing!)

I used water-proofing on the boots before wearing them the first time, that I think everyone is expected to do before wearing leather boots. It is even recommended on the box. I've worn them during rainstorms and for river crossings, and my feet have stayed bone dry. I think I have resprayed them once as well, and will do so again before our next big hike (10 days!!!) in July.

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