User Review: Vasque Sundowner

Vasque Sundowner
Above: The current Sundowner, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed November 4, 1998 by Sharon

Rating:
Materials: leather
Use: all trails, daypack, backpack
Break-in Period: zero
Weight: Don't know
Price Paid: About $180?

I've had these boots for about four years; I bought them as winter dayhiking boots and summer backpacking boots. They have never failed me. Nice roomy toe-box. They have never leaked, are in good shape except for scuffed toes (and if I cared about that, I wouldn't be a hiker --- who cares if your boots are scuffed?), my feet have never been cold as long as I stayed dry, and they have never given me a blister. If they do get wet on the inside (the only cases of this have been when I was in deep snow without gaiters or water washed in the tops when someone who shall remain nameless performed a less-than-graceful stream crossing, they do stay wet. Now, I wear gaiters in the winter. :-) I guess they're getting a little slippery on wet rocks, going downhill, come to think of it, but I still think they're great boots.