User Review: Limmer Standard

Reviewed December 16, 2000 by Matthew Jager

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Materials: leather w/norwegian welt
Use: rough trail (ME/NH) with heavy pack (35-50 lbs)
Break-in Period: forever (about 200 miles)
Weight: 3.5lbs per boot
Price Paid: $289

This is a review of the standard heavyweight Limmer boot sold by Peter Limmer and Sons in North Conway, NH.

I bought these boots after admiring the fine craftsmanship and durability of several pairs of custom heavyweight Limmers owned by friends of mine in Maine. Those boots had served those friends many years and were soft and supple after many years of walking in them (I know b/c a friend of mine who had feet the same size as me let me wear his sometimes). I was not as happy with the factory made Standard Limmers that I bought for my A.T. thru hike in 2000.

I purchased the Standard Limmers at LL Bean and got them fairly well broken-in, at least I thought that I did, before starting my thru-hike. I had probably 100 miles or so of hiking on them but they probably needed much more due to their heavy construction and stiffness. I hiked almost 500 miles in them on the A.T. They did a great job for what they were designed for: heavy backpacking over the rocks of ME and the White Mountains of NH.

That being said, they would not be my boot of choice for the kind of long-duration hiking that I did on the A.T. I probably needed to have 200-300 miles on them before even beginning the hike. Because I didn’t, it was always a toss up which was being broken in more, the boots or my feet.

Their weight also slowed me down so that I covered less distance than I could have otherwise. After the White Mountains, I shifted into a lighter pair of Vasque Clarions. For me, these offered the right balance between protection and comfort. I was able to travel 3-5 miles a day more than I had in the Limmers.

If you are infatuated with the Limmer name and reputation as I was, and you have to have their standard heavy boot for long-distance hiking, take the time (maybe a year or more) to break them in. Get them wet, let them form to your feet and put 200-300 miles on them.

But, consider that Limmer has a midweight and lightweight boot as well that are built like the standard but lighter weight. These are still substantial boots and well made, but may strike a better balance between comfort and protection than I think the standard does; at least for long-distance A.T. hiking.

Any boot by Limmer is going to be well made. You just want to make sure it’s the right boot for your feet and for your purpose.

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