User Review: Zamberlan Civetta GT (Gore-Tex)

Zamberlan Civetta GT
Above: The current Civetta GT, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed May 6, 1998 by Youriy Drozd

Rating:
Materials: nubuck leather
Use: rough trail/cross country w/65lbs pack
Break-in Period: Zero!Zilch!Zip!None!
Weight: 1.5kg
Price Paid: $190 US

These are amazing boots. I wore them for a day to the office and right after that to a rough trail in Sierra. I did not get any blister despite really strong support these boots provide. I carry medium format photo gear with me, pretty heavy stuff, I'd say 65 lbs or so, and it felt like walking on a flat concrete, not rocky trail.

The boots are absolutely waterproof (I treated them with nixwax, the water-based variety for nubuck), I stood in a raging stream with water running of the boots as if they were some kind of futuristic force field from StarTrek! Thank you, Zamberlan.