I bought a pair of Danners 2 years ago for my deployment to afghanistan (sorry dont remember the type), best pair of boots I ever owned. I still wear them hunting/fishing. Now I understand they are not old but if they can hold up to everyday wear for 9 months straight in the sand, mud, water, dirt and all the walking we did and also not give me one blister or hot spot I would say Danners are good boots.

American danners, I wear a pair 365 days a year, got 4 years out of my old ones welding and what not every work day, 3 resoles later and I decided to retire them for a new pair.... Can't say enough about the USA danners btw they are the powerforemans... Not hunting boots but I'd highly recommend them to anyone who stands/walks on concrete everyday

I would go rainforest or quarry model both good boots, may go without steeltoe they seem to rub me wrong in the toes. Rainforest are taller.

Best bair of Danners is a good pair of Meindl's. I have had three pairs of Danners, all Proghorn. Only bought the first pair as they ripped out on the outside edge after one trip Dall hunting in the Alaska range. Got a free pair to replace that one and they ripped out in the same spot after doing a 60 miler in the OP up and over the high divide and out the Hoh Lake trail. I do have a third pair now(also free replacement). They do stand behind their product I have to say.

Decided they were crap after that and bought a pair of Meindls. Beat Danner in every way and been on goat, sheep, deer and elk without blister or issue. Best pair of boots I have owned outside a pair of Whites.

You can't go wrong with the made in the USA Danner boots. My wife and I both bought our first Danner boots at Warshal's about 1970. The part time sales person who recommended them was retired from the NPS, he had been the head ranger at Mount Rainer Park when it was first established. He pointed out that the folks who settled the west walked across the plains, the Rockies, and the deserts. They didn't wear Italian hiking boots and if our intention was to do a lot of walking we shouldn't either. He had a special technique of lacing and tying the laces that he learned from his lifetime of walking in the west. At the time Danner only made about 5 styles of boot, all in Portland. The cost was about $75. My wife's boots had Kangaroo uppers, wish I had done that as they were lighter, softer, and wore better. Those boots lasted about 30 years of hard use, had them resoled but finally wore holes through the lower sides from walking too many steep rocky slopes. We replaced them with the Rainforest model which are holding up well. We use them several weeks a year, hiking, fishing, hunting, and rock hounding all over the west. In the rainforest, on 10,000 foot ridges, or on the floor of Death Valley poor footwear leads to bad experiences.

For those who don't know of Warshal's do some searching to learn the history of sporting goods stores in Seattle.

Dave.....

I've worn out 3 pairs of the Danner Radial 452 GTX boot, between work & play they are perfect for me. Each pair lasts me 2-3 years (I do a lot of walking on the job, the soles wear out), as I wear them pretty much every day I think its good value for the $120-140 I've put out per pair.


As DV stated he wants his for warm-weather bird hunting I think he made a good choice in the Grouse boot, especially as he is spending somebodies else's dime....


Now if it was my money & doing what he wants to do I'd look for a boot like the 452, BUT it would have to be in a 8" for the extra ankle support, uninsulated & in the EE width. Don't know squat about the Bob soles..

Dave TRY THE BOOT IN D & EE WITH THE SOCKS YOUR GOING TO WEAR HUNTING.

I'm betting your going to like the wider size.




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