User Review: Dunham Waffle Stomper Paramount

Dunham Waffle Stomper Paramount
Above: The current Waffle Stomper Paramount, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed December 1, 2004 by Bryan

Rating: rated 3 of 5 stars
Materials: Leather
Use: Heavy on and off trail wear
Break-in Period: 50 miles
Weight: 165 lbs
Price Paid: $125

At first glance, the Paramount looks like a solid leather boot. The red retro laces with alpine style grommets looks really cool and the wafflestomper sole leather uppers give great traction and support. After about 50 miles they started to break in very well and mold to my feet. They performed very well in any terrain and boy did I put these boots through hell on and off the trail out in Idaho.

Unfortunately, the soles began delaminating on both boots within a month of heavy daily use (5-10 mi/day). I glued them back together and kept hiking. By the end of the summer (bought them in May), both soles had delaminated to the ball of my foot and the toebox on the right boot had collapsed. I sent them back to Dunham and recieved a brand new pair within two weeks. Within a month of moderate to light use both soles began to delaminate. When I sent them back this time I demanded a different style so they sent me their top of the line $200+ Wafflestomper Premier. These are a bit more rugged and are completely waterproof. However the same design flaws exist.

I am now on my second (warranty for soles again) pair of Premiers. The Dunham customer service is great, but their R&D department sucks. Everytime I call to get a new pair I ask if anyone else has the same problem, to which they always say no (which is bullshit seeing as the other reviewer had the same problem). Granted I put over 500 miles on my first pair of Premiers, but they should still last at least one year, not nine months.

As you can tell I am quite bitter. But I guess I will keep wearing Dunham boots untill they stop sending me free warranty replacements. Their boots really perform well, they just don't hold up for long. So two stars for performance, one for cust service and 0 for durability.

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