User Review: Merrell Ridgeline

These are my first Merrell boots and I shopped for the Ridgeline specific. I must say this boot suprised me in several ways. First,  they are very light, almost like wearing nothing at all. Second, they are very waterproof but at a cost,  it gets warm/hot inside after a while. Third,  the Vibram material sticks well to dry surfaces. 

So I will get right to it,  these are kick a## boots on DRY SURFACE.  If you do any creek or river trails be ready to slip frequently. Slick logs, non-porous wet rock or anything with algae will pose problems. I really expected more from these boots. I have decided that these will be dry surface boots for me. 

My advice, buy something with Gore-tex and consider other sole options.  I don't want to shoot down the Vibram, because I can't say if it's that or just the Ridgeline's tread pattern.