User Review: Alpine Design Hiking Boots

Reviewed August 9, 2009 by Al

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Materials: leather
Use: short day hikes
Break-in Period: ?
Weight: ?
Price Paid: $40

I bought a pair at the end of September 2008. In July of 2009 I noticed a seam opening up on the left shoe. I've read comments that you get what you pay for, etc. I expect, even a low cost hiking shoe, to last at least a year without structural defects. I've bought cheaper tennis shoes that've lasted for years.

I hike in them a couple of times a week for 1 - 2 hours at a time. So eight months times 8 hours a month means I got 64 hours of actual hiking out of them before they started coming apart. About par with the amount of time a video game lasts for the same price. I do expect my hiking shoes to be a better value than a video game - call me foolish.

This may indeed be par for the course at this price point, but I'll try other manufacturers first to see if that's really the case. Goodbye Alpine Design...

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